Ghana

Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29)

PART I—GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 4—ABETMENT AND CONSPIRACY

Section 20—Abetment of Crime and Trial and Punishment of Abettor.

(1) Every person who, directly or indirectly, instigates, commands, counsels, procures, solicits, or in any manner purposely aids, facilitates, encourages, or promotes, whether by his act or presence or otherwise, and every person who does any act for the purpose of aiding, facilitating, encouraging or promoting the commission of a crime by any other person, whether known or unknown, certain or uncertain, is guilty of abetting that crime, and of abetting the other person in respect of that crime.

Keywords

Individual criminal responsibility
Abetting
Aiding
Assisting
Individual commission
Inducing
Ordering
Providing means
Soliciting
Joint commission



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