{"id":451036,"date":"2017-12-31T09:58:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T09:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/31\/tv-licence-fee-defaulters-to-be-prosecuted-from-january-4\/"},"modified":"2017-12-31T09:58:13","modified_gmt":"2017-12-31T09:58:13","slug":"tv-licence-fee-defaulters-to-be-prosecuted-from-january-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/31\/tv-licence-fee-defaulters-to-be-prosecuted-from-january-4\/","title":{"rendered":"TV licence fee defaulters to be prosecuted from January 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday, 30 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>3news.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-30<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/92726631.295.jpg\" alt=\"Tv License Prosecution\" title=\"Tv License Prosecution\" width=\"295\" height=\"195\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The TV licence fee was reintroduced in August 2015<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514714293_49_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Prosecution of persons who fail to pay their mandatory television licence fees will begin from January 4, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Justice Gloria Akuffo has accordingly established 11 special TV Licence Courts across the regions to try defaulters of the licence fees reintroduced in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The courts, which will sit in the 10 regional capitals plus Tema on Thursday\u2019s, will be presided over by 11 designated circuit court judges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe time for the Court sitting is 8:30 am to 4:00pm,\u201d a statement signed and issued by the Judicial Secretary Justice Alex B. Poku-Acheampong stated.<\/p>\n<p>The establishment of the special courts by the chief justice followed a request made by the Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, Kwame Akuffo Anoff-Ntow on November 6, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The Television Licensing Act \u2013 1966 (NLCD 89) established the TV licence fees. In 1991, it was amended.<\/p>\n<p>The law states: \u201cExcept as otherwise prescribed, a person shall not install or use a television receiving set unless there is in existence in relation to that set a valid television receiving set licence granted by the licensing authority under this Act\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The licence fee has been categorised into three- first category is the domestic use, which is GH\u00a236 per TV and GH\u00a260 for two or more TV sets in the same house.<\/p>\n<p>TV set repairers and outlets pay GH\u00a260, while TV dealers pay GH\u00a2120.<\/p>\n<p>Revenue will be shared in percentage terms among Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), 72%, Ghana Independent Broadcasting Association (GIBA), 15%, National Media Commission (NMC), 4%, Media Development Fund, 4%, Films Fund, 2% and Management of TV Licence Fee (GBC), 3%.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 66 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Saturday, 30 December 2017 Source: 3news.com 2017-12-30 The TV licence fee was reintroduced in August 2015 Prosecution of persons who fail to pay their mandatory television licence fees will begin from January 4, 2018. 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