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GHA-1970-L-5120
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Title_of_text
Factories, Offices and Shops Act (No. 328 of 1970)
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Ghana
Subjects (Classification)
Occupational safety and health
Adopted on (Date of text)
1970-05-12
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Deals with registration of factories (including indication of the numbers of male and female employees and of the welfare facilities provided), notification of occupational accidents and illnesses, health and welfare standards (lighting, ventilation, dust, noise, etc.), safety measures, complaints in relation to dangerous conditions and practices, offences and legal proceedings, administration of the Act, duties of persons employed and prohibition on deductions from wages. Repeals the Factories Ordinance (No. 33 of 1952).
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1970-04-01
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Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1991-08-06 (GHA-1991-L-29278)
Factories Offices and Shops (Amendment) Act (No. 275 of 1991)
Amending text(s)
1991-08-06 (GHA-1991-L-29278)
Factories Offices and Shops (Amendment) Act (No. 275 of 1991)
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Ghana Laws
Publisher
Ghana Legal
URL
http://ghanalegal.com/?id=3&law=82&t=ghana-laws
File
GHA5120.pdf (PDF of Law in English)
Serial region
Serial title
Official Gazette
Page range
53 p.