Monopoly Structure with Discretionary Licensing

The provision establishes the Registry as the sole authority to maintain Ghana's domain registry, explicitly prohibiting alternative repositories with criminal penalties up to 10,000 penalty units for corporate violations. While the 60-day licensing timeline provides structure, the Registry can impose "terms and conditions where the Registry deems it appropriate" without legislative limits, and technical requirements are prescribed by the Registry itself rather than defined in law. Combined with vague suspension grounds in 17 ("misconduct," "abuse"), this creates a high-barrier, discretionary licensing regime within a monopoly structure. Since all legally registered entities must use .gh domains, this eliminates competitive pressure and concentrates substantial market control in a single entity with undefined discretionary powers—more restrictive than typical OECD infrastructure licensing practice.