Chapter 1 Fundamental rights and freedoms
Article 2
Protection of right to life
A person shall not be deprived of his life intentionally save in execution of the sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence under the law of Dominica of which he has been convicted.
PART IX
PUNISHMENT
49. Similar punishment for capital offences whether by verdict or confession.
Any person, indicted for any offence made capital by any statute, is liable to the same punishment, whether he is convicted by verdict or confession, and this follows as well in the case of accessories as of principals.
PART X
JUDGMENT OF DEATH
61. Execution of prisoner under sentence of death shall be done according to law.
Whenever any offender has been convicted, before any Court of criminal jurisdiction, of an offence for which the offender is liable to, and receives, the sentence of death, the Court shall order and direct execution to be done on the offender in the manner provided by law.
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.