Electronic Transactions Act, 2008 Electronic Transactions Bill Act  772 Illegal access to protected computers is dealt with in the sixth group of clauses clause 55 – 62. Information contained in the register of a critical database is not to be disclosed to any person other than to the relevant employees of the National Information Technology Agency, clause 60. Protected computers and critical database which have been declared by government are not to be accessed illegally. The protection extends to computers and databases for national security, defence, public safety and public health, emergency systems. Databases relating to the provision of services directly related to communications infrastructure, banking and financial services, public utilities, public transportation or public key infrastructure, or used by the legislative, executive and judicial arms of government, the public services and security agencies are also designated as critical under the Bill, clause 55. Provisions on the domain name register are in the seventh group of clauses. A domain name Registry is established to assume responsibility for the “.gh” country domain name space from a date to be determined by the Minister by notice in the Gazette. After the commencement of the Act, a person shall not update a repository or administer a second level country domain name unless the person is licensed to do so by the Registry. The governing body of the Registry is a Board composed of nine members and may be converted into a company limited by guarantee, clause 63. Its functions will include the administration and management of the “.gh” domain name space. It will license and regulate registrars for the respective registries and publish guidelines on the general administration and management of the “.gh” domain name space. The eighth group of clauses, clause 82 – 87 provides for an appeal tribunal and establishes the Information Communication Technology Tribunal in clause 81. This will be convened on an adhoc basis to consider appeals against decisions of the National Information Technology Agency. The three member tribunal is to be appointed by the Chairperson of the Public Services Commission, clause 72. The expenses of the tribunal will be paid out of income derived by the Agency and will be part of the annual budget of the Agency. Decisions of the tribunal relating to points of law can be appealed against to the Court of Appeal clause 87. An industry forum is established in the ninth group of clauses clause i71 ii