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(1)Any person who commits the felony of robbery is liable—
(a)on conviction by a magistrate’s court, to imprisonment for a term of ten years;
(b)on conviction by the High Court, to imprisonment for life.
(2)Notwithstanding subsection (1)(b), where at the time of or immediately before or immediately after the time of the robbery, an offender is in possession of a deadly weapon, or causes death or grievous harm to any person, the offender or any other person jointly concerned in committing the robbery shall, on conviction by the High Court, be liable to suffer death.
(3)In subsection (2), “deadly weapon” includes—
(a)
(i)any instrument made or adapted for shooting, stabbing or cutting and any imitation of such an instrument;
(ii)any substance,
which when used for offensive purposes is capable of causing death or grievous harm or is capable of inducing fear in a person that it is likely to cause death or grievous bodily harm; and
(b)any substance intended to render the victim of the offence unconscious.
(4)Notwithstanding section 125 of the Trial on Indictments Act where a person is convicted of the felony of robbery the court shall, order the person convicted to pay such sum by way of compensation to any person to the prejudice of whom the robbery was committed, as in the opinion of the court is just having regard to the injury or loss suffered by such person, and any such order shall be deemed to be a decree and may be executed in the manner provided by the Civil Procedure Act.
A person convicted of robbery faces serious penalties. If tried in a magistrate's court, the penalty is ten years imprisonment. If tried in the High C...
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