Register your key cutting, rubber stamp and seal operations – Ministry of the Interior

The Ministry of the Interior has asked all key cutting, rubber stamp, and seal operators to register or renew their licences with the Ministry of the Interior to avoid sanctions. The key cutting or key duplicating business and its associated rubber stand cutting have been in operation even before independence. However, the Ministry of the Interior has deemed it prudent that these service providers and their activities be regulated.

The registration of key cutter, rubber stamp, and seal operators started in 2023 and is expected to continue until all persons providing the service have duly registered.

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According to the Head of Public Affairs of the Ministry, Alhaji Zakari Musah, officials of the Ministry and the Ghana Police Service have started nationwide monitoring and sensitization of private security organisations, locksmiths (key cutting), and rubber stamp and seal operators to streamline their operations and comply with the law.

Alhaji Zakari, who was sensitising the operators during the monitoring exercise in Accra, noted that the Locksmiths (Licencing) Act, 1994, Act 488 states that a person shall not engage in the business of making locks, repairing locks, or cutting keys unless that person is granted a licence by the Minister, and therefore it is an offence to operate without registering or licencing with the Ministry of the Interior.

He said the exercise, which started in 2023, will continue till the end of 2024. He, therefore, asked all players within the sector to abide by the guidelines governing their operations and comply with the directive to avoid sanctions.