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Customs Excise and Preventive Service (Management) Act, 1993 (Act No. 330), Ghana

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Year of Version 1993 Dates Entry into force: June 11, 1993 Adopted: January 5, 1993 Type of Text IP-related Laws Subject Matter Trademarks, Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, Industrial Property Notes The Law does not contain specific provisions relating to intellectual property. It refers to seizure and detainment of prohibited and restricted goods in general (see Parts XV, XVI, and XVII).

The Customs, Excise and Preventative Service (CEPS), which was established under the Ministry of Finance, is empowered to seize and destroy pirated and counterfeit goods if they have notification from either a court, the Registrar-General's Department (RGD), or the Copyright Office (see Sections 26 and 48 of the Copyright Act, and Section 28 of the Trademarks Act).

The Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS), currently known as the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority is one of the IPR enforcement bodies. The other IPR enforcement bodies in Ghana are the Judiciary, the Ghana Police Service, the Registrar-General's Department (RGD) which registers all IP rights except copyrights, and the Copyright Office.

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