PART I-GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER VI
PUNISHMENTS
24. Different kinds of punishment
The following punishments may be inflicted by a court :
(a) death ;
PART I-GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER VI
PUNISHMENTS
25. Sentence of death
(1) When any person is sentenced to death, the sentence shall direct that he shall be hanged by the neck until he is dead.
(2) Sentence of death shall not be pronounced on or recorded against a person convicted of an offence if it appears to the court that, at the time when the offence was committed, he was under the age of eighteen years ; but in lieu thereof the court shall sentence him to be detained during the President’s pleasure ; and when so sentenced he shall be liable to be detained in such place
and under such conditions as the President may direct.
1. Subject to article 110, the Court may impose one of the following penalties on a person convicted of a crime referred to in article 5 of this Statute:
(a) Imprisonment for a specified number of years, which may not exceed a maximum of 30 years; or
(b) A term of life imprisonment when justified by the extreme gravity of the crime and the individual circumstances of the convicted person.
2. In addition to imprisonment, the Court may order:
(a) A fine under the criteria provided for in the Rules of Procedure and Evidence;
(b) A forfeiture of proceeds, property and assets derived directly or indirectly from that crime, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties.