PART III. – BASIC PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT.
Division 3. – Basic Rights.
Subdivision B. – Fundamental Rights.
35. RIGHT TO LIFE.
(1) No person shall be deprived of his life intentionally except–
(a) in execution of a sentence of a court following his conviction of an offence for which the penalty of death is prescribed by law ;
SCHEDULE 1 – THE CRIMINAL CODE.
PART I. – INTRODUCTORY.
Division 4. – Punishments.
18. KINDS OF PUNISHMENT.
The punishments that may be inflicted under this Code are–
(a) death ;
SCHEDULE 1 – THE CRIMINAL CODE.
PART VII. – PREPARATION TO COMMIT OFFENCES: CONSPIRACY: ACCESSORIES AFTER THE FACT.
Division 1. – Attempts and Preparation to Commit Offences.
510. PUNISHMENT OF ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT CRIMES.
(1) A person who attempts to commit a crime of such a kind that a person convicted of it is liable to the punishment of death or for imprisonment for life or for a term of 14 years or more, with or without any other punishment, is liable, if no other punishment is provided, to imprisonment for seven years.
(2) A person who attempts to commit a crime of any other kind, is liable, if no other punishment is provided, to a punishment equal to one-half of the greatest punishment to which an offender convicted of the crime that he attempted to commit is liable.
SCHEDULE 1 – THE CRIMINAL CODE.
PART VIII. – PROCEDURE.
Division 6. – Verdict: Judgement: Appeal from Arrest of Judgement.
597. SENTENCE OF DEATH.
Subject to Section 598, the sentence to be pronounced on a person who is convicted of a crime punishable with death is that he be returned to his former custody, and that at a time and place to be appointed by the Head of State, acting on advice, he be hanged by the neck until he is dead.
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.