12. Act, 1965 Assented to in Her Majesty's name this 8th day of June, 1965. Restitution of property stolen or its value. law of real and personal property. At the conclusion of the evidence for the defence counsel for the accused may address the Court and counsel for the prosecution may reply. And I hereby direct you to arrest the occupier of the said.(place to be searched) if any such. If too long for this space continue overleaf). WHEREAS information has been given to me upon oath of the commission or suspected or intended commission of, the offence of..(statement of offence) and it has been made to appear to me that there is reasonable cause to, suspect that..(specify the animal, matter or thing clearly) or some of them are concealed. If any person acting under a warrant of arrest, or any constable having authority to arrest, has reason to believe that the person to be arrested has entered into or is within any place, the person residing in or being in charge of such place, shall on demand of the person so acting or such constable, allow him free entry thereto and afford all reasonable facilities for a search therein. 1 of 2006; Sierra Leone Citizenship Amendment Act No. the Third Schedule to this Act, to which Sierra Leone is a party, and any . No. The repeal of the law has been celebrated by many, including lawyers, journalists and even politicians. 148. Evidence of person married otherwise than by Civil or Mohammedan Marriage. C.D., with intent to defraud, omitted or concurred in omitted from or from or in cash book belonging to the said C.D., his employer, a material particular that is to say, the receipt on the day of Le100 from H.S. 81. Fines, detention in police station in lieu of imprisonment. Pursuant to the Courts Act, Act No 31 of 1965, Sierra Leone is constituted into Judicial Districts and Section 4 of the Act states that there shall be constituted Magistrate's Court in and for every judicial district. Search of place entered by person sought to be arrested. (3) Payment or tender. 16. DATED this.day of..19 RECOGNISANCE BOOK KEPT AT THE POLICE STATION (OR LOCKUP) AT, (1) State time and place at which accused (recognisor) is to appear before the Magistrate and the sum in which he is bound followed by his. Where it appears to the Court that distress and sale of his goods and chattels would be ruinous to the person convicted and ordered to pay money for a fine or penalty and his family, or (by his confession or otherwise) that he has no goods whereon a distress may be levied, or other sufficient reason appears to the Court, the Court may, if it thinks fit, instead of or after issuing a warrant of distress commit him to prison for a period specified in the warrant, unless the money and all expenses of the commitment and conveyance to prison, to be specified in the warrant, are sooner paid. Copy of indictment and notice of trial to be delivered to Sheriff. to prosecute (or to prosecute and give evidence) in the matter of a charge of And whereas it has been made to appear to me by information upon oath that the said, .was about to go out of Sierra Leone, and he has been arrested under a warrant, Now these are to command you to receive into your custody the said..and safely to, keep him until the trial of the saidand to produce him upon the day of such trial. Proof of service outside local limits of jurisdiction. 0000006358 00000 n
2. 181. This Act shall come into operation on such date as the Commencement Prime Minister may by Order appoint: Provided that the Prime Minister may if he deems it expedient either By one Order or by different Orders appoint different dates for the coming into operation of different provisions hereof. 152. Clerks and other persons employed in the Judicial and Law Officers' Departments; xvi. If a woman convicted of an offence punishable with death be alleged to be pregnant, the Court shall enquire into the fact; and if there be reasonable cause for believing it, the sentence to be passed on her shall be a sentence of imprisonment for life instead of sentence of death. Sessions at place for which there is no jurors' list. Part 2 regulates summary trial; Part 3 preliminary investigations. (1) Where any person charged before a Magistrate's court with an offence triable upon indictment before the Supreme Court is committed for trial, and it appears to such Magistrate's Court after taking into account anything which may be said with reference thereto by the accused or the prosecutor, that the attendance at the trial of any witness who has been examined before it is unnecessary by reason of anything contained in any statement by the accused person, or of the evidence of the witness being merely of a formal nature, the Magistrate's Court shall, if the witness has not already been bound over, bind him over to attend the trial conditionally upon notice given to him and not otherwise, or shall, if the witness has already been bound over, direct that he shall be treated as having been bound over to attend only conditionally as aforesaid, and shall transmit to the Supreme Court a statement in writing of the names, addresses and occupations of the witnesses who are or who are to be treated as having been, bound over to attend the trial conditionally. 12, pp. (2)The Judge may act on the application of any party interested after due notice to all other interested parties. QUALIFICATIONS OF JURORS AND PREPARATIONS OF JURORS' LIST. 122. (1) If the trial is to be held with the aid of assessors, the Judge shall select from the persons summoned to act as special jurors such number, not being ordinarily less than three, as he shall think fit to assist him in such trial. 110. The witness called for the prosecution shall be subject to cross-examination by or on behalf of the accused and to re-examination on behalf of the prosecution. in the House of Representatives this 23rd day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixth-five. 78. 151. (3)Such constable as aforesaid shall enter in a book, kept for that purpose in every police station in the Western Area and lock-up in the Provinces, the name, residence and occupation of the person entering into recognisance, and of his surety or sureties, if any, with the condition of the recognisance, and the sums deposited or acknowledged. . 23 OF 1ST MAY, 2014. The sealing of any order, summons or warrant shall not be necessary in addition to the signature of the Judge or Magistrate or Justice of the Peace by whom the same shall be signed, except in cases where sealing is expressly directed by this or any other Act. (2) Where a prosecutor has actually received the compensation awarded under the provisions of subsection (1) or any part thereof the convicted person shall be released from all further or other proceedings by the prosecutor whether civil or criminal for the same cause. acquit it shall be sufficient for any person to state that he has been lawfully convicted or acquitted (acquitted as the case may be) of the said offence charged in the indictment. WHEREAS..of.has bound himself by recognisance to. 6. attend the Supreme Court at.(place of sitting) atmonitoring, on the..day of..next and then and there to prosecute (or to prosecute and give evidence or to, give evidence) in the matter of a charge ofagainst.(name of accused) and. 46. Prisoner to be released on bail or acquitted and discharged if not tried within a certain time. 135. of.days, and for so doing this shall be sufficient warrant and authority to all concerned. Notices to be given in certain cases. 8e Negocios. H.J.L. 228. (2) If such person forcibly resists the endeavour to arrest him, or attempts to evade the arrest, such constable or other person may use sufficient force to effect the arrest but no more. (2) If a person committed for trial in the Supreme Court shall not have been tried by the end of the next criminal. (4)Whenever security is taken under this section, the officer to whom the warrant is directed shall forward the recognisance to the Court. 33. the said..shall be forthwith set a liberty. 69. property taken care of and prevented from doing injury to himself or any other person or property, and for his appearance when required before the Court or before such officer as the Court may appoint in that behalf. (1) A person who alleges that an enactment or anything contained in or done under the authority of that or any other enactment is inconsistent with, or is in contravention of a provision of this Constitution, may at any time bring an action in the Supreme Court for a declaration to that effect. The law, the draft of which was tabled in Parliament under a "certificate of urgency" signed by Sierra Leone's President, appears to have been necessitated by a July 13, 2008, incident in which a South American aircraft filled with cocaine landed in a Sierra Leonean airport, serving as a wake-up call that current laws were out of date. 23 dated 1st May, 2014 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT RINTING DEPARTMENT, SIERRA LEONE. (2)When the true name and place of resident have been ascertained he shall be released on his executing a bond, with or without sureties, to appear before a court if so required. 1960 (SLE-1960-L-28611) Employers and Employed Act (Chapter 212) [consolidated to 1960] (1) At the close of the evidence for the prosecution and after the statement of the accused person before the committing Court has been put in evidence the Court shall in cases where the accused is not defended by counsel inform him of his right to address the Court, to give evidence on his own behalf of to make an unsworn statement and to call witnesses in his defence and in all cases shall require him or his counsel to state whether it is intended to call any witness as to fact other than the accused person himself. Other days thereafter receive, comfort, harbour, assist and maintain the said H. C. Statement of Offence Robbery with violence, contrary to section 23 (1) (b) of the Larceny Act, 1916. 18. Be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:, 1. Issued under my hands this.day of.19. MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH AFTER EXECUTION OF OFFENDER, I,.the Medical Officer in charge of the prison at.(or as the, case may be) hereby certify that I this day examined the body of..on whom judgment of. a.any person who commits any offence involving violence or dishonesty in his presence; b.any person whom any other person positively accuses of having committed any felony or any larceny, embezzlement, false pretences or receiving; c.any person whom any other person suspects of having committed any felony or any misdemeanour mentioned in paragraph (b), if the suspicion of such other person appears to the constable to be well founded and he shall declare his name and place of residence to the constable and accompany the latter to the nearest police station or lock up, if required to do so; d.any person whom he has reasonable cause to suspect of having committed or being about to commit any felony; e.any person whom he finds between the hours of six in the evening and six in the morning lying or loitering in any street, highway, yard, compound or other place, and not giving a satisfactory account of himself; f.any loose, idle or disorderly person whom he finds in any way disturbing the peace, whether in a public or private place, or causing annoyance to any person. 90. 26. wherein you were bound, and further to give you notice that if within six days of the date of service of this order and notice upon you, you fail to pay the said sum the same may be recovered in manner prescribed by distress and sale of your goods and chattels, and in default of the amount being so recovered you may be imprisoned for a period up to days. No. And the Court shall then hear the accused. (3)Any sentences of imprisonment passed under subsection (1) shall be deemed to commence from the date of arrest. 3. (when it consists of several acts done in different Districts. 1. 218. 35. b. in the case of a petition, after the expiration of forty-two days from the date of the decision of the Court of Appeal, and if, within the appropriate time allowed, any such notice is given or petition is made, the sentence shall not be executed until the appeal or petition is finally rejected or the application for leave to appeal is finally refused, as the case may be. (1) In a trial on indictment for murder or manslaughter, the declaration of a, person, whether it be made in the presence of the accused person or not, may be given in evidence if the. (1) Any Court issuing a warrant for the arrest of any person in respect of any offence other than murder or treason may, in its discretion, direct by endorsement on the warrant that, if such person enter into a recognisance with sufficient sureties for his attendance before the Court at a specified time and thereafter until otherwise directed by the Court, the officer to whom the warrant is directed by the Court, the officer to whom the warrant is directed shall take such security and shall released such person from custody. Order for amendment of indictment, separate trial and postponement of trial. If the accused or defendant admits the truth of the charge the Court may convict him thereof, or refuse to accept a plea of in guilty, as it thinks fit. 141. 230. according to law may be dealt with in Sierra Leone, the offence may, subject to the provisions of section 53, be enquired into and tried at any place in Sierra Leone to which the accused person is first brought or to which he may taken thereafter. 75. (2)Judge shall then give judgment, and in so doing shall not be bound to conform with the opinions of the assessors, but he shall record his judgment in writing and in every case the judgment shall contain the point or points for determination, the decision thereon and the reasons for the decision, and shall be dated and signed by the Judge at the time of pronouncing it.. (3)If the accused is convicted, the Judge shall pass sentence on him according to law. 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