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(1) A person who is authorised by the Head of Banking Supervision to examine or investigate or for any other purpose, shall have a right of access to the bank's books and records including documents, minute books, customer files, personnel files, cash and securities and information in an electronic medium, and the bank shall cooperate and assist that person.

(2) A person who is authorised by the Head of Banking Supervision to examine or investigate or for any other purpose shall have a right to call upon any director, officer or any other employee of a bank to furnish that person any information and explanation which that authorised person may consider necessary and that official shall comply.

(3) A person who is authorised by the Head of Banking Supervision may, if that person considers it necessary in the course of an examination or investigation of a bank, order any bank official or employee, orally or in writing, to attend before that authorised person and testify in relation to a matter under examination and the bank official or employee shall comply with the order.

(4) A non-compliance with a requirement of subsections (1) to (3) or obstructing the authorised person from discharging those duties, is an offence under this Act.

(5) A bank which or a person who fails to comply with any provision of this section is liable to pay to the Bank of Ghana a fine not exceeding 1000 penalty units.