BOATENG v. THE REPUBLIC [1968] GLR 1027-1031

Criminal law and procedure—Indictment or charge—Contents—Summary trial—Effect of charging accused person under section which merely explains offence charged—Charge sheet in summary trial need not specify section creating offence—Necessity to give sufficient particulars of offence charged—Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29), ss. 240 and 244—Criminal Procedure Code, 1960 (Act 30), s. 112—Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, 1965 (Act 261), s. 1.

Criminal law and procedure—Corruption—Public officer, of—Whether offence is committed where public officer merely accepts gift after doing an act—Act 29, ss. 240 and 244.