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Criminal and Other Offences (Procedure) Act, 1960 (as amended) 🇬🇭

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Amendments

2006-08-03Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, 2006
2022-07-22Criminal and Other Offences (Procedure) (Amendment) Act, 2022
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Republic of Ghana


The thirtieth

Act

of the parliament of the republic of ghana
entitled

Criminal and Other Offences (Procedure) Act, 1960 (as amended)

  • Published by Government Gazette on 12 January 1961
  • Assented to on 12 January 1961
  • Commenced on 12 January 1961
  1. [Amended by Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, 2006 (Act 714 of 2006) on 3 August 2006]
  2. [Amended by Criminal and Other Offences (Procedure) (Amendment) Act, 2022 (Act 1079 of 2022) on 22 July 2022]
AN ACT to consolidate and amend enactments providing for the procedure to be followed in criminal cases.

Part I – GENERAL PROVISIONS

Procedure

1. Procedure for Offences.

All offences under the Criminal Code and, subject to the provisions of any enactment, all other offences shall be enquired into, tried and otherwise dealt with according to this Code.

2. Mode of Trial.

(1)An offence shall be tried summarily if—
(a)the enactment creating the offence provides that it is to be punishable on summary conviction, and provides for no other mode of tri…

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