The Criminal Code (Amendment) Act, 2003 🇬🇭

Ghana 89 Citing Cases

Republic of Ghana

The six hundred and forty-sixth

Act

of the parliament of the republic of ghana

entitled

The Criminal Code (Amendment) Act, 2003

Published by Government Gazette on 11 July 2003
Commencement date unknown

AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code 1960 (Act 29) to enable the offence of robbery to be tried summarily or on indictment and to provide for related matters.DATE OF ASSENT: 3rd July, 2003.BE IT ENACTED by Parliament as follows:

1. Section 149 of Act 29 amended

The Criminal Code 1960 (Act 29) as amended is further amended by the substitution for section 149 of the following:"Robbery

(1)149. Whoever commits robbery is guilty of an offence and shall be liable, upon conviction on trial summarily or on indictment, to imprisonment for a term of not less than ten years, and where the offence is committed by the use of an offensive weapon or offensive missile, the offender shall upon conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than fifteen years.

(2)For the purposes of subs…

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