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Article 167 — Functions of the Commission

Article
167
Index row title
Functions of the Commission
Source document
The ghana constitution
Provision ID
4fb71a7e-7983-46cf-8a30-778e3cb3279c

149 words

Verbatim text

The functions of the National Media Commission are— (a) to promote and ensure the freedom and independe nce of the media for mass communication or information; (b) to take all appropriate measures to ensure the establishment and maintenance of the highest journalistic standards in the mass media, i ncluding the investigation, mediation and settlement of complaints made against or by the pre ss or other mass media; (c) to insulate the state-owned media from governme ntal control; (d) to make regulations by constitutional instrumen t for the registration of newspapers and other publications, except that the regulations sha ll not provide for the exercise of any direction or control over the professional function s of a person engaged in the production of newspapers or other means of mass communication; an d (e) to perform such other functions as may be presc ribed by law not inconsistent with this Constitution.

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  • The index files this text under article 167 of the Constitution of Ghana.
  • The row is titled “Functions of the Commission”.
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