Immediate Penalties Without Business Warning Period

The Division can issue Cease and Desist orders against businesses "deemed to be engaged" in publishing false or other information, with immediate administrative penalties for non-compliance without any Compliance Warning (Section 73(2)). This bypasses the graduated enforcement system that gives other violators three warnings before license suspension (71) and the normal 5-day compliance period (73). Businesses face immediate financial penalties without opportunity to correct course, creating operational uncertainty and investment risk in Ghana's media and digital sectors.