Search results for "Petty offences"

721 results.

Crime
Man who fired gunshots into sky at ANC Mall arrested
The Police said the suspect’s actions amount to crime, under Section 209 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29).
DENNISLAW NEWS3 January 2022
General
Police place GH¢ 5000 bounty on man in video firing gun in public
According to the Police, the young man is said to have done so, to usher in the new year.
DENNISLAW NEWS2 January 2022
General
Prison decongestion: A-G to lay two bills before Parliament
“I am treating both pieces of legislation as part of my priority legislation this year
DL News20 November 2021
Crime
Court reschedules case management in Takoradi fake kidnapping and pregnancy
In September, Josephine Panyin Mensah, alleged to have been nine months pregnant, was reported to have been kidnapped while on a dawn walk
DL News11 November 2021
Crime
91 Vehicles impounded over fake insurance certificates
he Eastern Regional Director of the DVLA, Mr Sylvanus Markwei appealed to drivers to remove all additional headlamps from their vehicles especially lamps that had not been approved.
DL News4 November 2021
Crime
What the law says: On Students vandalism
The Executive Director of the Education Thinktank, Africa EduWatch, Kofi Asare, subsequently called on the Ghana Education Service, Ghana Police Service and the Attorney General to begin criminal prosecution of such students
DENNISLAW NEWS22 October 2021
General
Entertainment & the Law: Understanding Shatta Wale’s present headaches
On Tuesday, September 28, 2021, a Bishop sits in the studio of an Accra-based radio station, Accra FM and declares in Twi that “on October 18, 2021, a big calamity will befall Ghana.
DENNISLAW NEWS22 October 2021
Africa
Top Malawi businessman jailed for bribe attempt
The court imposed two nine year sentences on two counts, but the sentences will run concurrently because “the offences were committed in one transaction”
DL News5 October 2021
General
IGP Akuffo Dampare’s fidelity to law: Samson’s Take
don’t know what your motivation is, but I know those who know better and mean well for this country are gladdened by the action that sends the right signals to all that those who break the law will not be spared regardless of who they are o...
DL News20 September 2021
Asia
No skin-to-skin contact: India ‘outrageous’ sexual assault order struck down
The accused tried to bring down the salwar [pyjama bottom] of the girl and even then bail was granted,”
DL News17 September 2021
Courts
Dafeamekpor sues government over Agenda 111 projects, insists contracts were sole-sourced
In a suit brought against the Akufo-Addo government, Mr. Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor has accused the government of sole-sourcing the project design to Ghanaian-British architect, Adjaye and Associates.
DL News8 September 2021
Crime
Govt entreated to support poor, vulnerable facing prosecutions
Vagrancy laws criminalise the status of the poor and homeless, and not necessarily what they have done. These include loitering and hawking,”
DL News30 August 2021
General
8 errant drivers fined over GH¢14,000 for traffic infractions
We are going to focus on institutional vehicles because part of our mandate is to ensure institutional compliance.”
DL News27 August 2021
Crime
Police begin prosecution: Camera captures 252 offenders
“Road users do not have to see policemen on the roads before they obey traffic regulations,
DL News25 August 2021
Courts
Businessman sentenced to five years imprisonment for defrauding banker
The maximum sentence for Unlawful Entry and Stealing is contained in section 296(1) of the Criminal and Other Offence (Procedure Act) Act 30 is 25 years imprisonment.
DL News25 August 2021
Courts
19-year-old man sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for robbery by Techiman Circuit Court
he accused pleaded guilty on three out of the five counts before he was sentenced.
DL News25 August 2021
Courts
23 persons involved in Electrochem Company Limited riot charged
during the tussle, one Elias Anim threatened to kill DSP George Aboagye, stating that, “I will kill you.”
DL News19 August 2021
Crime
Businessman remanded over impersonation
Sowah Anang has denied the offences and he will make his next appearance on July 5, 2021.
DL News25 June 2021
General
“Ho 21 LGBT activists haven’t committed any crime,” – CDD-Ghana tells courts
"The occasional use of archaic colonial legal relics like Section 202 of Act 29 by the police to undermine constitutional rights, particularly the right to assemble, exposes the stagnation we continue to experience in efforts to promote and...
DL News11 June 2021
General
Prioritize non-custodial sentences-CDD roundtable participants to government
Non-Custodial Sentence or Alternative Sentence is punishment given by a court of law that does not involve a prison term.
DL News9 June 2021