Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)

Section 172 - Causing unlawful damage

(1) A person who intentionally and unlawfully causes damage to property

(a) to a value not exceeding one million cedis or without a pecuniary value, commits a misdemeanour,

(b) to a value exceeding one million cedis commits a second a degree felony.

(2) A person who intentionally and unlawfully causes damage to property in a manner which causes, is likely to cause, danger to life commits a first degree felony.

(3) For the purposes of this section, “property” means movable or immovable property.

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