sierra leone court act, 1965 pdf

122. 199. B., Arson contrary to section 3 of the Malicious Damage Act, 1861 C.D., accessory before the fact to same offence. 0000006381 00000 n 169. The Special Court shall, except as provided in subparagraph (2), have the power to prosecute persons who bear the greatest responsibility for serious violations of international humanitarian law and Sierra Leonean law committed in the territory of Sierra Leone since 30 November 1996, including those leaders who, in committing such crimes, have . 168. Transfer and discharge of criminal lunatics. National Land Commission Act, 2022 (Act 19 of 2022) Arbitration Act, 2022 (Act 18 of 2022) . But, except with the leave of the Court, the prosecutor shall not in any case be allowed to make any observations by way of reply to the evidence adduced by the accused or the defendant nor, without such leave as aforesaid, shall the accused or the defendant in any case be allowed to make any observations on evidence adduced by the prosecutor in reply. 2. Customary law applies in the provinces Subsection (1) of section 13 of the principal Act is hereby amended as follows, a)by the insertion immediately before the word "cases" in line one of paragraph (aa) of the proviso thereto of the words "subject to the provisions of paragraph (a)"; and, b)by the substitution for the words "fifty pounds" in line three of paragraph (c) of the words "two hundred leones"; and. 77. f.A person charged and called as a witness in pursuance of this Act shall not be asked, and if asked shall not be required to answer, any question tending to show that he has committed or been convicted of or been charged with any offence other than that wherewith he is then charged, or is of bad character, unless, i.the proof that he has committed or been convicted of such other offence is admissible evidence to show that he is guilty of the offence wherewith he is then charged; or, ii. 77. 9. ii. The statement of the accused as herein/hereafter recorded was taken in my presence and hearing and contains accurately the whole statement made by him. DATED thisday of.19.. When the jurors are ready to be sworn, the Registrar or other officer of the Court shall address the accused person as follows. C h a r l e s W. L . 155. (2)Such warrants issued by any Magistrate's Court shall be enforce by the Magistrate of the district in which the person against whom such warrants or any goods and chattels of such person, may be found. 176. The signature and attestation of the Magistrate holding the preliminary examination shall be sufficient prima facie proof of any deposition or statement and that the same was taken in all respects according to law, and such attestation and signature shall be admitted without proof, unless the court shall see reason to doubt the genuineness thereof. (2) Where a fine imposed under sub-section (1) is not paid forthwith the prosecutor may, by filing the conviction, enter as a judgment the amount of the fine and costs (if any) in the Supreme Court, and that judgment shall be enforceable against the corporation in the same manner as if it were a judgment entered against the corporation in the Supreme Court in civil proceedings. Private person may arrest without warrant. 0000003117 00000 n SNi`U~? For the purposes of sections 86 to 90. 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. But its judicial arm of governance was under imperial rein until at least in 1965 when the Court of Appeal of Sierra Leone was birthed pursuant to the Court Act of 1965 (Act No. If the officer having the execution of the warrant reports that he could find no goods and chattels whereon to levy the money mentioned in the warrant with expenses, the Court may be the same or a subsequent warrant commit the person ordered to pay, to prison for a period specified in the warrant, unless the money and all expenses of the distress, commitment, and conveyance to prison, to be specified in the warrant, are sooner paid. E. M., on the..day of.At.in the Western Area of Sierra Leone, sold, uttered, and. (1) A description of the offence charged in an information or indictment or where more than one offence is so charged, of each offence so charged, shall be set out in the information or indictment in a separate paragraph called a count. In the..Court at. To.(name and designation of person or persons who is or are to execute the warrant). 247. The Flag of which the design is described in paragraph (b) hereof is hereby declared to be the . 241. (2) The Chief Justice may make Rules for carrying this section into effect and in particular for making provisions as to the manner in which application is to be made for the consent of a Judge of the Supreme Court for the preferment of an indictment. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF SIERRA LEONE (ORIGINAL JURISDICTION) . 164. 39. Accused or defendant to be called upon to plead. 206. means of an advertisement inserted by them, the said A. (b) it shall be sufficient if only the words of the section of the enactment creating the offence are set out in the particulars of the offence. 174. 0000009278 00000 n Therefore the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone should declare that law null and void by virtue of Section 171(15) of the Act No 6 of the . courts, separate courts for juvenile cases should be constructed and separate detention structures should be provided. Note: Your non-appearance in Court will have no effect on the Sentence to be passed if you are convicted. Penalty for signing false certificate. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 79 any constable in charge of a police station may take bail by recognisance conditioned for the appearance of an accused person before the Magistrate's Court, on a day and at a place to be mentioned in such recognisance, there and then to be dealt with according to law, in the following cases, a. a.order that the property or part thereof be restored to the person who appears to it to be the owner thereof, either on payment or without payment by the owner to the person in whose possession such property or a part thereof then is, of any sum named in such order; b.make an assessment as to the value of such property at the time it was so stolen or otherwise obtained as aforesaid and order that the sum so assessed be paid by the person convicted to the person who appears to it to be the owner of the property. Re-opening of preliminary investigations. (4) Where, before trial upon indictment or at any stage of such trial, the Court is of opinion that the postponement of the trial of the accused is expedient as a consequence of the exercise of any power of the Court under this Act, the Court shall make such order as to the postponement of the trials as appears necessary. 145. (Here record statement of accused. In so doing, they may be guided, as appropriate, by the Criminal Procedure Act, 1965, of Sierra Leone . 125. (2)Any document purporting to be an original report under the hand of a qualified medical practitioner or dentist relating to the nature or extent of the injuries of any person certified to have been examined by such practitioner or dentist, may if it is directed to the Court or is produced by any constable to whom it is addressed or by someone acting on his behalf, be admitted as evidence of the facts therein stated in any preliminary investigation or trial before a Magistrate's Court. (2)Such warrant of commitment shall name the day, time and place at which the accused is to appear before the Supreme Court in answer to the indictment preferred against him but the committal for trial shall not be invalidated by reason only of a failure to comply with this subsection. (1) In every case the Court may proceed either by way of Summons to the accused or the defendant or by way of warrant for the arrest of the accused in the first instance, according to the nature and circumstances of the case. 242. Part 4 provides for indictment and trial in . f 1965. (3)When the whole is made conformable to what the accused declares is the truth, the statement shall be attested by the Magistrate, who shall certify that such statement was taken in his presence and hearing and contains accurately the whole statement made by the accused. 45. Evidence for arriving at proper sentence. a certain will purporting to be the will of C.D. 58. On 11 January 2022, the President of Sierra Leone assented to the Finance Act 2022. the offence of.and I consider it advisable to adjourn the examination into the said charge: Now these are to command you to receive the saidinto your custody and safely to keep him and, produce him before me at.at.m, or theday of, .19and hereafter from time to time as may be notified to you by. 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. (4)) After the statement of the offence particulars of such offence shall be set out in ordinary language, in which the use of technical terms shall not be necessary. In this Act, unless a contrary intention appears -. " 80. (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. 101. (2)The Court may set aside any conviction made in the absence of the defendant upon being satisfied that his absence was due to causes over which he had no control, and that he has a probable defence upon the merits. 0000012053 00000 n 0000091824 00000 n 221. 60. (2) Where a witness has been, or is to be treated as having been bound over conditionally to attend the trial, the Attorney-General or the person committed for trial may give notice, at any time before the opening of the sessions of the Supreme Court at which the accused person has been committed to be tried, to the committing Magistrate's Court and at any time thereafter to the Registrar of the Supreme Court that he desires the witness to attend at the trial, and any such Court or Registrar to whom any such notice is given shall forthwith notify the witness that he is required so to attend in pursuance of his recognizance. (3)Where such an endorsement is made, the officer in charge of any police station which on arrest the person named in the warrant is brought shall release him upon his entering into such recognisance with sureties approved by that officer in accordance with endorsement, conditioned for his appearance before the Court and at the time and place named in the recognisance. CXXXVIII, No. 68. Priests and ministers of the various religions practiced in Sierra Leone. A. And the Court shall then hear the accused. (1) In any criminal case, and at any stage thereof before verdict or judgement, the Attorney-General may enter a nolle prosequi either by stating in Court or by informing the Court in writing that, the Crown intends that the proceedings shall not continue and thereupon the accused or the defendant as the case may be shall be at once discharged in respect of the charge for which the nolle prosequi is entered, and if he has been committed to prison shall be released or if on bail his recognisances shall be discharged; but such discharge of an accused person shall not operate as a bar to any subsequent proceedings against him on account of the same facts. When a person is charged with murder he may, if the evidence so warrants, be acquitted of murder and convicted of manslaughter although he was not charged with that offence. Only official editions of the Federal Register provide legal notice to the public and judicial notice to the courts under 44 U.S . A. 0000003971 00000 n (2) If a person committed for trial in the Supreme Court shall not have been tried by the end of the next criminal. When a warrant is directed to more officers or persons than one it may be executed by all or by any one or more of them. Subsection (1) of section 13 of the principal Act is hereby amended as follows, The proviso to section 16 of the principal Act is hereby amended, Subsection (1) of section 26 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the repeal of the Scale of "Fine and Period of Imprisonment" thereunder, and the replacement therefor of the following new scale, Section 29 of the principal Act is hereby amended as follows. 87. of.and was sentenced to Now these are to command you to receive the saidinto your. in order to hear the statement which I propose to take from the said Now these are to command you to produce the said prisoner at.(place) at..m. on.the.day of..next there to continue until the said statement shall have been. 242. ORDER 9 PETITIONS-GENERAL PROVISIONS 1. Treason and other related offences under the Treason and State Offences Act 1963 3. DATED this.day of.19. b.sentenced by a Court to a term of imprisonment, the Registrar or other proper officer of the Court shall soon as may be practicable, inform, i.in the case of a member of the House, the Speaker, and. Search of place entered by person sought to be arrested. SCOPE The death penalty can be imposed for the following civil and military crimes: Treason and related offences under the Treason and State Offences Act 1963; Murder under the English common law and section 121 of the CPA No 32 of 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. At the Supreme Court holder at..on the.day. b.the amount in which they and the person for whose arrest the warrant is issued are to be respectively bound; c.the Court before which the person arrested it to attend; and. Depositions admissible in certain cases. The Public Seal of the Republic shall be such a device as Parliament shall prescribe. (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. (1) Such statement so taken may afterwards be used in evidence on the trial of any person accused of an offence to which the same relates, if the person who made the statement be dead, or the court is satisfied that for any sufficient cause his attendance cannot be procured, and if reasonable notice of the intention to take such statement was served upon the person against whom it is to be read in evidence and he had or might have had, if he had chosen to be present, full opportunity of cross-examining the person making the same. 14. I hereby declare my self surety/we hereby jointly and severally declare ourselves sureties said, (name of accused) that he will be and appear before the said, .Court when called upon to answer the charge against him and will continue so to appear. (1) Any person charged with any offence not punishable by death may at the time of being committed or referred for trial or at any time thereafter up to two clear days at least before the trial of such person whether he had previously elected otherwise or not, elect to be tried by a Judge with the aid of assessors and if any person shall so elect he shall be tried by a Judge with the aid of assessors instead of being tried by a Judge and jury. Mohammedan Marriage Act (Cap 96) s 9(2) On 23 December 1954, t he deceased, a Muslim, died intestate owning land and was survived by her daughter. When a person is accused of the commission of any offence by reason of anything which has been done or of anything which has been omitted to be done, and of any consequence which has ensued, such offence may be enquired into or tried in any district in which any such thing has been done or omitted to be done, or any such consequence has ensued. Arson, contrary to section 2 of the Malicious Damage Act, 1861. (5) Where an order of the Court is made under this section for a separate trial or for postponement of a trial, a.if such order is made during a trial with a jury or during a trial with assessors, the Court may order that the jury or the assessors be discharged from giving a verdict or opinions, as the case may be, on the count or counts the trial of which is postponed, or on the indictment as the case may be; and, b.the procedure on the separate trial of a count shall be the same in all respects as if the count had been contained in a separate indictment, and the procedure on the postponed trial shall be the same in all respects (provided that the jury or assessors, if any, have been discharged) as if the trial had not commenced; and. In the..Court at. To.(he bailiff or other person concerned), Whereas in the matter of a charge of.preferred at the instance, of..(prosecutor) against..(accused) (defendant) it was. otherwise directed by me, he may be released. ,)n6ooYYWvH/`dUO._l^.}Yu . (1) In this Part the expression "representative" in relation to a corporation means a person duly appointed by the corporation to represent it for the purpose of doing any act or thing by which the representative of a corporation is by this Part authorised to do, but a person so appointed shall not by virtue only of being so appointed, be qualified to act on behalf of the corporation before any Court for any other purpose. Being An Act to Consolidate and Amend the Law Relating to Criminal Procedure. Date of assent: 09 April 1976. Statement of Offence Perjury, contrary to section 1 (1) of the perjury Act, 1911. 2 of 1984 13 of 1986 10 of 1989 4 of 1991 27 of 1991 3 of 1992 2 of 1996 13 of 1996 17 of 1996 The provisions of section 105 shall apply in relation to the amendment of a charge brought against an accused person before a Court holding a preliminary investigation. The officer serving the copy of the said indictment and notice shall forthwith make to the Registrar or other proper officer a return of the mode of service thereof. 4 201 No. The Laws of Sierra Leone on the Sierra Leone Web The Local Courts (Amendment) Act, 1965 A SSENTED to in Her Majesty's name this 1st day of October, 1965. . 144 Sudanese Nationality Act 1994, as amended by Act No. (3)When a person is charged with any offence other than those referred to in subsections (1) and (2), the Court shall admit him to bail, unless it sees good reason to the contrary. (5) The description or designation in an information or indictment of the accused or of any other person to whom reference is made therein, shall be such as is reasonably sufficient to identify him without necessarily stating his correct name, or his abode, style, degree or occupation, and if owing to the name of the person not being known, or for any other reason, it is impracticable to give such a description or designation, shall be given as is reasonably practicable in the circumstances, or such person may be described as "a person unknown". 231. 212. 189. command the said A. 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. i.that an offence be enquired into or tried by the Supreme Court or any subordinate Court not empowered by sections 39 and 40 but in other respects competent to enquire into or try such offence; ii. (3) Disqualification of jurors. 0000013445 00000 n 105. Where a person charged with an offence is married to another person by a marriage other than a Civil or Mohammedan marriage, such last-named person shall be a competent and compellable witness on behalf either of the prosecution or of the defence. 41. SierraLII publishes the law of Sierra Leone for free online access. 64. 120. (4)Whenever security is taken under this section, the officer to whom the warrant is directed shall forward the recognisance to the Court. The principal Act is hereby amended by the addition immediately after section 48 of the following new section. district of.. Now these are to command you to convey the said ..toand to, produce him before the.. (Magistrate) at..there to be dealt with according, WHEREAS application has been made to His Lordshipunder section 43 of the Criminal, Procedure Act, 1965, by me..(named of accused) a person accused of the offence of, AND WHEREAS it has been further ordered that I, the said ..(accused), shall enter into a bond, with surety that I shall, if. (1) A corporation may be charged either alone or jointly with another person with an offence triable on indictment or triable summarily before a Magistrate's Court. 1-56 PDF of Rules. Interpretation Sierra Leone Citizenship Act, 1973 . 34. 61. (1) Every warrant of arrest shall be under the hand of the Judge, Magistrate or Justice of the Peace issuing it. A warrant shall remain in force until cancelled or executed. 222. 107. (3)When an accused person makes an application under this section, the Judge may before granting the same, direct him to enter into a recognisance, with or without sureties, conditioned that he will, if convicted, pay the costs of the prosecution. Expenses of distress Expenses of commitment Expenses of conveyance to prison. 192. the(describe prison or place) in our presence. These Rules may be cited as the Criminal Procedure Rules. Returns to be made to trial Court and Attorney-General. 2. Challenge for cause shall be allowed on any of the following grounds. 0000002339 00000 n (2) Except with the leave of the Court, no person other than a juror shall speak to or hold any communication with any member of the jury while the jury are considering their verdict. (3) In the exercise of the powers conferred upon him by his section the Director of Public Prosecutions shall not be subject to the direction or control of any other person or authority. If, on any trial for misdemeanour, the facts given in evidence amount to felony, the defendant shall not be therefore acquitted of such misdemeanour; and no person tried for such misdemeanour shall be liable afterwards to be prosecuted for felony on the same facts. c.the Court may make such order as to admitting the accused to bail, and as to the enlargement of recognisances and otherwise as the Court thinks fit. WHEREAS at a preliminary investigation held by me into a charge of.preferred against, ..(name of accused) I committed the, said..(name of accused) for trial by the Supreme Court Upon the said charge and. QUALIFICATIONS OF JURORS AND PREPARATIONS OF JURORS' LIST. 7. WHEREAS..of.has bound himself by recognisance to. (2)A Police Officer of or above the rank of Assistant Superintendent or the constable for the time being in charge of a Police Station is hereby authorised and empowered to take all such necessary action and do all such things as the proper and efficient execution of the provisions of this section may reasonably require. When a person is charged with robbery and it is proved that he committed an assault with intent to rob, he may be acquitted of robbery and convicted of an assault with intent to rob although he was not charged with that offence. A draft arbitration act has been proposed by the Law Reform Commission but it is several stages away from being passed by Parliament. 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