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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:
(1) Death; (4) Fine
(2) Imprisonment; (5) Payment of compensation;
(3) Detention; (6) Liability to police supervision.

PART VI—PUNISHMENTS

Different Kinds of Punishment

Section 296 General Rules for Punishment.
(2) Where a crime, not being a crime mentioned in sub-section (5), is declared by any enactment to degree felony and the punishment for the crime is not specified, a person convicted thereof shall imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years.
(3) Where a crime is declared by any enactment to be a felony without specifying whether it is a fir degree felony and the punishment for the crime is not specified it shall be deemed to be a second deg
(4) Where a crime, not being a crime mentioned in sub-section (5), is declared by any enactm misdemeanour and the punishment for the crime is not specified, a person convicted thereof shall imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years.
(5) A person convicted of a crime under any of the following sections of the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act say, sections 124, 128, 131, 138, 140, 145, 152, 154, 158, 160, 165, 239, 252, 253 and 260 shall imprisonment for a term not exceeding twenty-five years.
(6) A term of imprisonment shall be with hard labour unless, in the case of a sentence of less than the Court otherwise directs.

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.