Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)

Section 200A - Organised criminal group

(1) A person who participates in an activity of an organised criminal group commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a maximum penalty of death and to a minimum penalty of not less than five years imprisonment.

(2) An organised criminal group is a structured group acting in concert with the aim of committing a serious offence.

(3) For the purposes of this Act

(a) “serious offence” means an offence for which the maximum penalty is death and the minimum penalty is imprisonment for a period of not less than five years; and

(b) “structured group” consists of two or more persons, that is not randomly formed, for the commission of an offence, and in which the members may or may not have defined roles, continuity of membership or which may or may not have a developed structure.

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