(1) The governing body of the Corporation shall be a Board.

(2) The Board shall consist of-

(a) a Chairman;

(b) the Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation referred to in paragraph 6 of this Decree; and

(3) The Chairman and the other members of the Board to be appointed under sub-paragraph (2) (c) of this paragraph shall be appointed by the National Liberation Council on the recommendations of the Commissioner and shall hold office for a period of two years:

Provided that of the first members to be appointed under sub-paragraph (2)(c) of this paragraph four shall hold office for one year and such period shall be specified in their instruments of appointment.

(4) Persons to be appointed Chairman of the Corporation or as members of the Board under sub-paragraph (2)(c) of this paragraph shall be persons who have recognised public standing in the community or persons who have had experience in and shown capacity in any of the following fields of endeavour that is to say:- industry, trade, finance, science, administration, education, public entertainment, social service, journalism, broadcasting and law.

(5) No person shall be qualified to be a member of the Board-

(a) if he has been sentenced to death or to a term of imprisonment exceeding twelve months without option of a fine or has been convicted of an offence involving dishonesty and has not, in each case been granted a free pardon,

(b) if he is a person who, having been declared insolvent or bankrupt under any law for the time being in force in Ghana or in any other country is an undischarged insolvent or bankrupt,

(c) if he is a member of any Legislative Assembly or other body having for the time being authority either alone or in conjunction with any other body to enact laws which have effect throughout Ghana,

(d) if he is adjudged to be of unsound mind,

(e) if in the case of a person possessed of a professional qualification, he is disqualified or suspended, otherwise than at his own request, from practising his profession in Ghana or in any other country by order of any competent authority made in respect of him personally,

(f) if he is an officer of the Corporation other than the Director-General or is a public officer where there are already not less than three public officers on the membership of the Board.

(6) Without prejudice to sub-paragraph (5) of this paragraph, a member of the Board other than the Director-General may be removed from the Board by the National Liberation Council on the recommendation of the Commissioner-

(a) if he suspends payment with his creditors,

(b) if he is absent from three or more consecutive meetings of the Board without such ground as appears to the National Liberation Council as reasonable,

(c) if he is guilty of unethical behaviour or if he is guilty of any serious misconduct in respect of his duties as a member of the Board and such behaviour or misconduct is certified in writing by not less than seven members of the Board.

(7) Any member of the Board other than the Director-General may resign his office by notice in writing addressed to the Commissioner.

(8) Where the office of a member of the Board becomes vacant prior to the expiry of his full term of office the National Liberation Council shall, upon the recommendation of the Commissioner and subject to the provisions of this Decree appoint another person in his place to hold office for the unexpired portion of his term.

(9) All persons ceasing to be members of the Board shall be eligible for re-appointment to the Board.

(10) The Board may pay to its members and also to persons co-opted under paragraph 4 of this Decree to attend any meeting of the Board such subsistence, travelling and other allowances and at such rates as the Board may with the joint approval of the Commissioner and the Commissioner responsible for Finance determine either in relation to any particular member or generally.

(11) The Chairman and members of the Board while holding office on the Board shall not-

(a) hold any office in or be a member of any committee of any political organisation;

(b) offer themselves as candidates or nominate any other persons as candidates at any election of members to any Legislative Assembly or other body having for the time being authority either alone or in conjunction with any other body, to enact laws which have effect throughout Ghana or to a Council within the meaning of the Local Government Act, 1961 (Act 54);

(c) indicate publicly their support for or opposition to any political parties or candidates or to the political programmes of such parties or candidates;

(d) publish or cause to be published any article or other matter of a partisan political nature;

(e) canvass on behalf of political candidates;

(f) speak in public or broadcast on any subject of a partisan political nature;

(g) allow themselves to be interviewed or express any opinion for publication on any subject of a partisan political nature, and any contravention of the provisions of this sub-paragraph may be certified to be a serious misconduct in relation to the duties of a member of the Board for the purposes of sub-paragraph (6) of this paragraph.

(12) There shall be a Secretary to the Board who shall be an officer of the Corporation and who shall, subject to such general directions as the Board may give and subject to the other provisions of this Decree, arrange the business for, and cause to be recorded and kept the minutes of all meetings of the Board.