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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PUBLIC NOTICE
ORC TO STRIKE OFF 65 REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL BODIES IN DEFUALT BY 30TH JUNE, 2024
The Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) wishes to inform the Executive Council Members (Presidents, Secretaries, Chairpersons and any other name designated) for the under-listed Professional Bodies registered with the Office of the Registrar of Companies that legal processes will commence to clean up the Register with effect from 30th June, 2024.
- This exercise has become imperative due to failure by these Professional Bodies to file their Annual Accounts and update their Certificate of Membership in accordance with Section 16 of the Professional Bodies Registration Act, 1973, NRCD 143 with the Registrar of Professional Bodies.
- Following a meeting with the Executive Council Members of all registered Professional Bodies, the Registrar of Companies (ROC) who is the regulator of Professional Bodies, directed those who had been in default for more than two years and had not updated their members’ certification to do so by the end of December 2023 or risk their name being struck off the Professional Bodies Register in accordance with section 11(b) of the Professional Bodies Act 1973(NRCD 143).
- Currently, Sixty-Five (65) out of Ninety-Two (91) registered Professional Bodies (PBs) have not complied with the directive of the Registrar of Professional Bodies to renew their Professional Bodies Certificates and that of their members and therefore have been found to be in default.
- Nonetheless, Professional Bodies in default can still be in good standing if they file their Annual Accounts by 30th June, 2024 being the deadline for the submission of Annual Returns to the Registrar of Professional Bodies. The filing should be accompanied by a copy of the Audited Accounts of the Body, updated list of its Members and any changes made to its Constitution before the removal of defaulters from the Register which commences at the end of June 2024 in accordance with section 15 (1)(2) and 16(1)(2).
- In spite of the above, the Office of the Registrar of Companies will continue its rigorous sensitization and public education on the need for registered Professional Bodies to be in good standing with the Office of the Registrar of Companies.
- Please find attached the list of sixty-five (65) registered Professional Bodies in default as at 22nd April, 2024.
- Professional bodies that use “CHARTERED” as part of their names should attach copies of the Charter granted to those bodies by the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana when filing their Annual Accounts and updating their Certificate of Membership if they have it. All those who do not have the Charter granted by Parliament should take steps to have this done within the shortest possible time.
- For further information, please contact Mr. Jones Nathaniel Ansah, Head of Companies of the Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) on 0244369143 or call the Office on 0302666081, WhatsApp/Telegram on 059525774
ORC – YOUR TRUSTED PARTNER FOR BUSINESS.
SIGNED.
JEMIMA M. OWARE (MRS)
REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES
PROFESSIONAL BODIES THAT ARE NOT IN GOOD STANDING AS AT 10/05/2024
NO. NAMES OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES IN DEFAULT
1 GHANA INSTITUTE OF PLANNERS
2 PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GHANA
3 GHANA BAR ASSOCIATION
4 THE GHANA INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS
5 GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GHANA
6 GHANA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
7 ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH SERVICE ADMINISTRATORS (GHANA)
8 GHANA REGISTERED NURSES AND MIDWIVES ASSOCIATION
9 THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF BANKERS (GHANA)
10 INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PRACTITIONERS
11 MINING METALLURGICAL AND PERTOLEUM SOCIETY
12 CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MARKETING GHANA
13 THE INSURANCE INSTITUTE OF GHANA
14 GHANA ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
15 INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS AND TECHNOLOGY
16 GHANA CHEMICAL SOCIETY
17 COMPUTING ASSOCIATION OF GHANA
18 GHANA JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION
19 GHANA REGISTERED MIDWIVES ASSOCIATION
20 ASSOCIATION OF RATING VALUERS (GHANA)
21 GHANA SOCIETY OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION
22 GHANA HOME ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION
23 GHANA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
24 GHANA ASSOCIATION OF TRANSLATORS & INTERPRETORS
25 GHANA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
26 ASSOCIATION OF BUILDING TECHNICIANS
27 GHANA INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL FORESTERS
28 THE GHANA INSTITUTE OF TAXATION
29 GHANA INSTITUTE OF CONSTRUCTION
30 GHANA SOCIETY OF RADIOGRAPHERS AND RADIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS
31 GHANA ASSOCIATION OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED AND SECRETARIES
& ADMINISTRATORS
32 GHANA INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURISTS
33 GHANA INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
34 DISPENSING TECHNOLOGISTS SOCIETY OF GHANA
35 INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS (GHANA)
36 ADVERTISING ASSOCIATION OF GHANA
37 GHANA OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION
38 GHANA INSTITUTE OF FREIGHT FORWARDERS
39 GHANA ACADEMY OF CHRISTIAN COUNSELLORS
40 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTANTS, VALUERS & ANALYSTS
41 GHANA INSTITUTE FOR PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY
42 GHANA QUALITY NSTITUTE
43 INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED ECONOMISTS OF GHANA
44 GHANA INSTITUTE OF SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS
45 CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED TAX ACCOUNTANTS
46 ASSOCIATION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE
47 AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTORS ASSOCIATION OF GHANA
48 CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
49 CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF CREDIT MANAGEMENT (GHANA)
50 GHANA ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED CONSULTANTS
51 INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS GHANA
52 INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED FORENSIC INVESTIGATION
53 GHANA ASSOCIATION OF RESTRUCTURING AND INSOLVENCY ADVISORS
54 PROFESSIONAL AGILE CERTIFICATION AFRICA
55 GHANA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ADR PRACTITIONERS
56 GHANA ACADEMY OF FORENSIC SCIENCES
57 RESEARCH SCIENTIST ASSOCIATION-GHANA ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
58 GHANA COLLEGE OF SCIENTISTS
59 GHANA GEOSPATIAL SOCIETY
60 CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF TAX LAW AND FORENSIC ACCOUNTANTS
61 .CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF LOCAL GOVERNANCE & DEVELOPMENT
- CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE GHANA (CIA-GH)
63 PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, GHANA
64 CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED TAX ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS
65 OFFICIAL REPORTERS AND EDITORS’ SOCIETY OF GHANA
