National penalties - life imprisonment

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.

Ghana - Criminal Procedure Code 1960 (2003) EN

PART VI—PUNISHMENTS

Different Kinds of Punishment

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

PART VI—PUNISHMENTS

Different Kinds of Punishment

Section 296 General Rules for Punishment.
(1) Where a crime is declared by any enactment to be a first degree felony and the punishment for not specified, a person convicted thereof shall be liable to imprisonment for life or any lesser term.

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.