Whilst most crimes in Ghana are recorded in the Criminal and other offences Act of 1960, Act 29, a reader is not likely to find their corresponding punishments for these offences in that law. This makes it difficult for most people to know what kind of punishment awaits them when they are found to have committed an offence. Article 19(11) of the constitution (1992), makes it illegal for anyone to be punished for an offence whose punishment is not written. It says as follows; “No person shall be convicted of a criminal offence unless the offence is defined and the penalty for it is prescribed in a written law”.   Part VI of the Criminal Procedure Act of 1960, Act 30 provides for most punishments for crimes in Ghana. Most crimes found in other laws apart from Act 29 and Act 30 usually come with their punishments in those other laws and where there is no punishment, there will be words that will lead to the fact that the punishments can be found in Act 30.   For ...