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No independent-praise terrorism crime quoted. Criminal libel is repealed. The live public-order tool quoted is Criminal Offences Act s.207 insulting words likely to occasion a breach of the peace — not Israel §24.

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    Independent-praise crime?
    No independent-praise terrorism crime quoted. Criminal libel is repealed. The live public-order tool quoted is Criminal Offences Act s.207 insulting words likely to occasion a breach of the peace — not Israel §24.
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    s.207

    Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)

    Target
    Offensive conduct conducive to breaches of the peace — threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour in public
    Test
    Public place or public meeting. Threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour, with intent to provoke a breach of the peace, or by which a breach of the peace is likely to be occasioned.
    Max
    Misdemeanour
    A person who in a public place or at a public meeting uses threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to provoke a breach of the peace or by which a breach of the peace is likely to be occasioned, commits a misdemeanour.

    Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) s.207, as hosted by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (eoco.gov.gh), a Ghana government agency. Official English of Act 29.

    Cite · Act 29, s.207 · as of 2026-09-05

    • Do not treat s.207 as Israel §24 or as a PEPUDA-style hate-speech statute.
    • Live public-order tool. Not a protected-class hate-speech overlay on the face of this quote, and not a listed-speech terrorism offence.
    • Criminal libel was repealed. It is not live.
    • s.208 (publication of false news likely to cause fear and alarm) is a related public-order tool, not this quote.
    Primary source

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    Radio Paradise