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Transfer of Convicted Persons Act, 2007 (as amended) 🇬🇭

Ghana

Amendments

2015-06-03Transfer of Convicted Persons (Amendment) Act, 2015
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Republic of Ghana


The seven hundred and forty-third

Act

of the parliament of the republic of ghana
entitled

Transfer of Convicted Persons Act, 2007 (as amended)

  • Published by Government Gazette on 24 August 2007
  • Assented to on 20 August 2007
  • Commenced on 24 August 2007
  1. [Amended by Transfer of Convicted Persons (Amendment) Act, 2015 (Act 889 of 2015) on 3 June 2015]
AN ACT to facilitate the transfer of convicted persons from the Republic to another country and from another country to the Republic for the purpose of serving a prison term and to provide for connectedpurposes.ENACTED by the President and Parliament:

1. Application

This Act shall apply where the Republic is a party to an international arrangment providing for the transfer of convicted persons to or from the Republic.

Transfer of a convicted person to Ghana

2. Request made to the Republic by a competent authority of a sentencing country

(1)A competent authority of a sentencing country may apply to the Attorney General, through the Ministe…

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