The laws regulating criminal procedure in Ghana are many. Indeed, the 1992 Constitution is the first source of criminal law. It contains provisions on fundamental human rights and the fair trial rules. The constitution also contains some offences, an example being the offence of high treason in article 3 (3). The primary enactment that codifies offences in Ghana is the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29). In addition to Act 29, there are specialised enactments targeted at specific kinds of offences. These include the Cybesecurity Act, 2020 (Act 1038), the Domestic Violence Act, 2007 (Act 732), the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959) and the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2020 (Act 1044). And then there are enactments passed for other reasons but have offence creating sections that criminalise certain acts or omissions. An example is the Minerals and Mining Act, 2003 (Act 703) as amended, which regulates the mining industry, acquisition of mining licenses etc. The Act crim...
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