STATE v. OBENG AND OTHERS [1967] GLR 91-113

Statutes—Construction—Criminal Code—Beneficial construction—Code not to be construed strictly either against the State or against accused person—Departure from common law rules of construing penal statutes.

Criminal law and procedure—Prisoner—Definition of—"Any person lawfully committed to custody"—Whether wide enough to include persons held in protective custody under the authority of a Decree—Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29), s. 228—Prisons Act, 1963 (Act 221), ss. 43 (1) and 60.

