What is the Criminal Jurisdiction of courts in Ghana

Section 43 of Act 459: A Circuit Court has original jurisdiction in criminal matters other than treason, offences triable on indictment and offences punishable by death.

Section 48 of Act 459 (1) In criminal matters, a District Court has jurisdiction to try summarily: (a) an offence punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred penalty units or a term of imprisonment not exceeding two years or both the fine and the imprisonment; (b) any other offence, except an offence punishable by death or by imprisonment for life or an offence declared by an enactment to be a first degree felony, if the Attorney-General thinks that the case is suitable to be tried summarily, considering (i) the nature of the offence, (ii) the absence of circumstances which would render the offence of a grave or serious character, and (iii) any other circumstances of the case; (c) an attempt to commit an offence to which paragraph (a) or (b) applies; (d) abetment of or conspiracy in respect of that offence.