Merchandise Marks Act, 1964 (Act 253)
Section 5 (1):
A goods which, if sold, would be liable to forfeiture under this Act and also goods manufactured outside -Ghana bearing any name or trade mark of any manufacturer, dealer, or trader in Ghana, are prohibited to be imported into Ghana, unless the name or trade mark is accompanied by a definite indication of the country in which the goods were made or produced.
(2) Where there is on goods a name which is identical with or a colourable imitation of the name of a place in Ghana, that name, unless accompanied by the name of the country in which the place is situate, shall be treated for the purpose of this section as if it were the name of a place in Ghana.
(3) No goods shall be deemed to be prohibited to be imported into Ghana by subsection (1) which would not be so prohibited but for the provisions of paragraph (b) or (c) in the definition of "trade description" in subsection (1) of section 17 or of subsection (2) of the said section or but for the fact that there is applied to those goods any trade description which is a false trade description as defined in the said subsection (1) of section 17 by reason of its being misleading in any material respect.
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