'Reduction of national sentence following pre-trial detention - national proceedings' in document 'Ghana - Constitution'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER FIVE
FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

14. (6) Where a person is convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment for an offence, any period he has spent in lawful custody in respect of that offence before the completion of his trial shall be taken into account in imposing the term of imprisonment.