PART I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER VI
PUNISHMENTS
27. Imprisonment
(2) A person liable to imprisonment for life or any other period may be sentenced for any shorter term.
(3) A person liable to imprisonment may be sentenced to pay a fine in addition to or instead of imprisonment.
PART II
CRIMES
Division I
Offences Against Public Order
CHAPTER VII
TREASON AND OTHER OFFENCES AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT'S AUTHORITY
40. Promoting war amongst Africans
Any person who, without lawful authority, carries on, or makes preparation for carrying on, or aids in or advises the carrying on of, or preparation for, any war or warlike undertaking with, for, by, or against any African chief, or with, for, by, or against any band of Africans, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be liable to imprisonment for life.
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.