CHAPTER 5. FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
Part I. General
13. PROTECTION OF RIGHT TO LIFE
(1) No person shall be deprived of his life intentionally except in the exercise of the execution of a sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence under the laws of Ghana of which he has been convicted.
PART II—OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON
CHAPTER 2—CRIMINAL HOMICIDE AND SIMILAR OFFENCES
Murder and Manslaughter, Etc.
Section 49A—Genocide.
(1) Whoever commits genocide shall on conviction be sentenced to death.
PART IV—OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER, HEALTH AND MORALITY
CHAPTER 4—OFFENCES CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Perjury and Similar Offences
Section 210—Perjury.
(1) Whoever commits perjury shall be guilty of second degree felony.
(2) Whoever commits perjury with intent to cause the conviction of any person for any crime punishable with death, shall be guilty of first degree felony.
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
PART VI—PUNISHMENTS
Different Kinds of Punishment
Section 294 Different Kinds of Punishment.
The following punishments may be inflicted for offences:
(1) Death;
PART VII—PROCEEDINGS AFTER TRIAL
Capital Sentences
Section 304 Form of Sentence of Death.
(1) Every sentence of death shall direct that the person condemned shall suffer death in accordance provisions of this section, but need not state the place of execution.
(2) A certificate under the hand of the Registrar that such sentence has been passed and naming sentenced, shall be sufficient authority for the detention of such person.
(3) The execution may be by
(a) hanging;
(b) lethal injection;
(c) electrocution;
(d) gas chamber; or
(e) any other method determined by the court. [As substituted by the Criminal Proc (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (24)]
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.