Whistleblower Act, Act 2006 (Act 720) | Act 2006 — Ghana law | Esheria

Whistleblower Act, Act 2006 (Act 720)

A person may disclose information about suspected wrongdoing, and such a disclosure is protected if it is made in good faith, based on reasonable cause, and sent to the persons or institutions named in section 3.

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Ghana
Instrument
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Citation
Act 2006
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Language
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A person may disclose information about suspected wrongdoing, and such a disclosure is protected if it is made in good faith, based on reasonable cause, and sent to the persons or institutions named in section 3. Employees and other persons may make disclosures of impropriety about employers, other employees, other persons, or institutions. A whistleblower may disclose impropriety to one or more listed people or institutions. A disclosure may be made in writing or orally. If a whistleblower makes an oral disclosure, it must be put into writing. If the whistleblower is illiterate, the writing must be read, interpreted, and explained in a language the whistleblower understands, and the whistleblower must approve it before marking it. A certificate must then be attached. For a blind or otherwise physically disabled but literate whistleblower, the certificate is to be made with necessary modification.