way occasion any breach of the peace then the above written obliga-
tion to be void otherwise to remain in full force.

Signed, sealed and delivered

in the presence of

L.S.

L.S.
L.S.

FORM OF RECEIPT UNDER SECTION 12.

Received from

""

the sum of as a deposit, which sum may be forfeited to Her Majesty the Queen, her heirs and successors if any breach of the peace is occasioned by the celebration of the "Yam Custom [or "Black Christmas" or "Kuntum Kuntum" or the meeting of No. Company of or the exhibition of (describe flag or emblem as the case may be) ]* permission for which celebration (or exhibition prohibition as the case may be) at has been this day granted by me. District Commissioner.

*

or revocation of the

of which meeting has been this day made by me.

CRIMINAL CODE.

Ordinance No. 12 of 1892.

AN ORDINANCE to establish a Code of Offences punishable
on Summary Conviction and on Information.

[31st October, 1892.

BE IT ENACTED by the Governor of the Gold Coast
Colony, with the advice and consent of the Legislative
Council thereof, as follows:-

Schedule

BOOK I.-GENERAL PROVISIONS.

PART I.-INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS.
Title i.-Preliminary Matters.

PRELIMINARY.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Criminal Code, Short title. and is hereinafter referred to as "this Code."

2. This Code is divided into Books, Parts, and Titles, as Arrangement follows:

of the Code.

PART II.-GENERAL AND SPECIAL RULES OF CRIMINAL

LAW.

Title ii.-General Explanations.

Title iii.-Special Explanations relating to certain

Offences.

Title iv.-Attempts to commit Crimes.
Title v.-Abetment and Conspiracy.
Title vi.-General Exemptions.
Title vii.-Justifiable Force and Harm.

PART III.-PUNISHMENTS.

Title viii.-Different Kinds of Punishment.

BOOK II. SUMMARY OFFENCES.

PART IV.-OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON.
Title ix.-Assault.

PART V.-OFFENCES AGAINST RIGHTS OF PROPERTY.
Title x.-Mischief to Property.

Title xi.-Misappropriations and Frauds.
Title xii.-Forgery and False Coin.

PART VI.-OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER, HEALTH,
AND MORALITY.

Title xiii.-Public Nuisances.

Title xiv.-Miscellaneous Offences.

BOOK III.-INDICTABLE OFFENCES.

PART VII.-OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON AND REPU

TATION.

Title xv.-Assault and similar Offences.

Title xvi.-Criminal Harm to the Person.

Title xvii. - Criminal Homicide and similar

Offences.

Title xviii,-Libel.

PART VIII.-OFFENCES AGAINST RIGHTS OF PROPERTY.

Title xix.-Mischief to Property.

Title xx.-Misappropriations and Frauds.
Title xxi.-House-breaking and Burglary.
Title xxii.-Forgery and False Coin.

PART IX.-OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER, HEALTH,
AND MORALITY.

Title xxiii.-Offences against the safety of the
State.

Title xxiv.-Offences against the Public Peace.
Title xxv.-Perjury and Obstructions of Public
Justice.

Title xxvi.-Offences relating to Public Offices
and to Public Elections.

Title xxvii.-Bigamy and similar Offences.
Title xxviii.-Public Nuisances.
Title xxix.-Slave Dealing.

BOOK I.-GENERAL PROVISIONS.

Part I.—Introductory Provisions.

TITLE I.-PRELIMINARY MATTERS.

3.-(1.) In this Code, unless the context otherwise re- Interpretaquires,

tion of terms.

"Act" includes any act or omission, and any series of
acts or omissions, and any combination of acts
and omissions:

"Administer," when used with reference to adminis

any

tering any substance to a person, means the
causing the substance to be taken or introduced
into any part of a person's body, whether with or
without his knowledge or consent:
"Cattle" means the male, female, or young of
animal of any of the following kinds, namely, any
horse, ass, mule, kine, sheep, goat, or swine, and any
animal, other than a dog, which is ordinarily kept
or used as a beast of burden, or for draught, or
for riding, or for the production of wool or of

Interpretation of terms.

"Constable" includes any member of the police:
"Corporation" does not include a corporation sole:
"Crime" means any act punishable by death or im-

prisonment:

"Deliver" includes the causing a person to receive a thing and the permitting a person to take a thing, whether directly or by any other person:

"Director of works" includes the Director of Public Works, any Assistant Director, any Foreman of Works, and (at any place where none of the above mentioned officers is resident) the Commissioner of the district :

"Duress" means any force, harm, constraint, or
threat, used with intent to cause a person against
his will to do or to abstain from doing any act:
An indictable offence on conviction for which a person
can, without proof of his having been previously
convicted of crime, be sentenced to death, or to
imprisonment with hard labour for three years or
more, is a "felony," whether it be actually pro-
secuted summarily or on information:
"Gaming-house" means any building or premises
kept or used by any person, without lawful
authority, for the purpose of directly or in-
directly making gain by providing any facili-
ties for betting or for the playing of any game
of chance for money or money's worth:
"Gaoler" means the keeper or other officer having the

charge of any prison:

"Health officer" includes the Chief Medical Officer,
any Assistant Colonial surgeon, and any person
appointed as health officer by the Governor:
"Imprisonment" means, in the case of imprisonment
for three years or more, imprisonment with hard
labour, and, in the case of imprisonment for less
than three years, imprisonment with or without
hard labour, as the Court in its discretion thinks
fit to direct:

"Indictable offence" means any offence punishable under Book III. of this Code, or punishable on information in a Divisional Court under any other statute:

"Judicial proceeding" includes any civil or criminal trial, and any inquiry or investigation held by a

judicial officer in pursuance of any duty or Interpretaauthority:

tion of terms.

Jury" includes a judge in cases where a judge,
whether with or without assessors, tries a case
without a jury:

"Misdemeanor" means any crime which is not a
felony :

"Night" means the time between the hour of eight in
the evening of any day and the hour of six in the
following morning:

"Peace officer" means any person being or acting as
a constable or special constable, or lawfully acting
in aid of any such person:
"Person" includes a company or corporation, and any
number or association of persons; and, for the
purposes of any provision of this Code relating to
defrauding a person or to committing any offence
against the property of any person, the Govern-
ment of this Colony, or of any other place or
state, shall be deemed to be a person:
"Prison" means any prison constituted under the
Prisons Ordinance, 1876, or any lock-up house,
police cell, or other duly authorised place of de-
tention; but does not include any prison of a
native king or chief:
Expressions referring to "the public" refer not only
to the whole of Her Majesty's subjects within the
jurisdiction of the Courts, but also to the persons
inhabiting or using any particular place or any
number of such persons, and also to such inde-
terminate persons as may happen to be affected
by the conduct with reference to which such
expressions are used:
"Public way" includes any highway, market place,
square, street, bridge, or other way which is law-
fully used by the public:

"Public place" includes any public way and any
building, place or conveyance to which for the
time being the public are entitled or permitted to
have access, either without any condition or upon
condition of making any payment, and any build-
ing or place which is for the time being used for
any public or religious meeting or assembly, or as
an open Court: