National penalties - maximum penalty

Ghana

Ghana - Criminal Offences Amendment Act 2012 EN

Section 95A inserted

“Enforced disappearance
(2) a person who causes the enforced disappearance of another person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a maximum penalty of life imprisonment and a minimum openalty of five years imprisonment


Section 101A inserted

“Definition of sexual exploitation
(2) a person who sexually exploits
(a) another person other than a child commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a term of imprisonment of not less than five years and not more than twenty five years; or
(b) another person who is a child commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a term of imprisonment of not less than seven years and not more than twenty-five years.”

Section 200A and 200B inserted

“racketeering
(2) a person who engages in racketeering commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a maximum penalty of life imprisonment and a minimum penalty of not less than five years imprisonment.

Section 200A and 200B inserted
5. the principal enactment is amended by the insertion after section 200 of sections 200A and B

“organised criminal group
(3) for the purposes of this act
(a) “serious offence” means an offence for which the maximum penalty is death and the minimum penalty is imprisonment for a period of not less than five years; and

Ghana - Criminal Procedure Code 1960 (2003) EN

PART II—PROVISIONS RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

Summary Procedure in Perjury

Section 152 Perjury.
(1) The Court, if it appears to it that a person has been guilty of perjury in any proceeding before it, ma (a) commit him for trial upon indictment for perjury and bind any person by recognizance to gi
at the trial; or
(b) commit him to prison for any term not exceeding six months with or without hard labour, or sum not exceeding 150 penalty units, or impose both such penalties upon him, in each such c contempt of court.
(2) (a) Where, however, the Court is a District Court, the penalties shall be limited to th
imprisonment or to a fine of 100 penalty units or to both.
(b) On imposing any penalty as for a contempt of Court under this section, a Magistrate sha keep a minute recording of the facts of the penalty; and he shall forthwith send a copy of the appropriate Judge of the High Court.
(c) Except where the order of the Magistrate is set aside by a judge of the High Court any pen under this section shall be a bar to any other criminal proceedings in respect of the same amended by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (14) (a), (b)]

PART VI—PUNISHMENTS

Different Kinds of Punishment

Section 294 Different Kinds of Punishment.
The following punishments may be inflicted for offences:
(2) Imprisonment;

Rome Statute

Article 77 Applicable penalties

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.