The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has described the sanctions associated with flouting of the Imposition of Restrictions Act, 2020 (Act 1012) on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as harsh and called for its review.
In a statement signed and issued by National President and Secretary, Anthony Forson Jnr and Yaw Acheampong Boafo respectively in Accra yesterday, the GBA said that, although people who defy laws must be penalised, the punishments for those who breach Act 1012 and Executive Instrument (EI) 164, are rather punitive.
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