Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).

The Criminal Offences Act, 1960 establishes the general framework of criminal law, defining fundamental principles of criminal liability, including intent, negligence, causation, consent and fraud, as well as rules on attempts, abetment and conspiracy. It provides general exemptions such as infancy, insanity, intoxication and mistake, and sets out the territorial scope and application of criminal jurisdiction. The Act further codifies a wide range of offences against the person and property.
The Act include provisions on causing unlawful damage, poisoning or using dynamite in river, and endangering vessel. The text further provides for offences against public order, health and morality, and offences against peace and the administration of justice. Chapter 8 of the Act provides for selling unwholesome food, carring on noxious trade, and throwing rubbish in street. The Act criminalises a range of offences relating to animals, including the unauthorised use or taking of livestock, cruelty to animals, and the use of diseased animals in public, while allowing for the destruction of animals suspected of posing health risks (such as rabies or serious disease). It also establishes procedural and enforcement measures, including powers of the court to order destruction, deprive ownership, and regulate the treatment and management of stray, aged or neglected animals, with specific provisions applicable to veterinary professionals. Smuggling and unlawful exportation of cocoa, gold and diamond are also addressed in Part 4 of the Act. The text consists of 319 Articles divided into 5 Parts.