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Ghana Criminal Code Part II, Chapter 3 (Female Circumcision) (2003 Amendment Act (FGM))

The Criminal Code (Amendment) Act introduced Section 69A, which prohibits female genital mutilation. In 2007, Parliament amended 69A, and expanded the definition of liability to include anyone who “carries out female genital mutilation and excises, infibulates or otherwise mutilates the whole or any part of the labia minora, labia majora and the clitoris of another person” and specified that liability on summary conviction mandated imprisonment for a minimum of five years and  a maximum of 10 years.

N. de pourvoi: 84-95759

Two parents sought the assistance of a non-identified female in carrying out a circumcision of their daughter, then aged 21 months and 25 days. The infant’s parents proceeded to assist the non-identified female in the act by immobilising their child throughout the operation. The child subsequently suffered from an external hemorrhage caused by an aperture of the wound, causing anaemia and loss of appetite. The infant’s parents did not at this stage bring the child’s critical condition to the attention of a doctor or emergency services. The child died shortly thereafter.

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