Criminal Offfences Act, 1960 (up to 2023 amendment) 🇬🇭

Ghana

Amendments

2003-07-11The Criminal Code (Amendment) Act, 2003
2007-08-10Criminal Code (Amendment) Act, 2007
2012-06-29Criminal Offences (Amendment) Act, 2012
2020-10-27Criminal Offences (Amendment) Act, 2020
2023-08-02Criminal Offences (Amendment) Act, 2023

Table of Contents

Coat of Arms
Republic of Ghana


The twenty-ninth

Act

of the parliament of the republic of ghana
entitled

Criminal Offfences Act, 1960 (up to 2023 amendment)

  • Published by Government Gazette on 12 January 1961
  • Assented to on 12 January 1961
  • There are multiple commencements:
  • Unknown provisions commenced on 1 February 1961.
  1. [Amended by The Criminal Code (Amendment) Act, 2003 (Act 646 of 2003) on 11 July 2003]
  2. [Amended by Criminal Code (Amendment) Act, 2007 (Act 741 of 2007) on 10 August 2007]
  3. [Amended by Criminal Offences (Amendment) Act, 2012 (Act 849 of 2012) on 29 June 2012]
  4. [Amended by Criminal Offences (Amendment) Act, 2020 (Act 1034 of 2020) on 27 October 2020]
  5. [Amended by Criminal Offences (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Act 1101 of 2023) on 2 August 2023]
LONGTITLE AN ACT to consolidate and amend the law relating to criminal offences.BE IT ENACTED by the President and the National Assembly in this present Parliament assembly as follows:

Part I – GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter 1
PRELIMINARY MATTERS

1. Interpretation

In this Co…

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