the Prosecutor that A.B is charged with the following offence (offences)-. (2) The following persons shall be charged and tried together, namely. The Laws of Sierra Leone on the Sierra Leone Web. Information to be given to Magistrate, when required. (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. [ ] ENACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this (2) A representative for the purposes of this Part need not be appointed under the seal of the corporation, and a statement in writing purporting to be signed by a managing director of the corporation, or by any person (by whatever name called) having, or being one of the persons having the management of the affairs of the corporation, to the effect that the person named in the statement has been appointed as the representative of the corporation for the purposes of this Part shall be admissible, without further proof, as. (4) When a person is charged with stealing and it is proved that he obtained the chattel, money or valuable security in question in any such manner as would amount under the provisions of the Larceny Act, 1916, to obtaining it by false pretences with intent to defraud, he may be convicted of obtaining it by false pretences although he was not charged with that offence. (1) Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the jury shall return a verdict on all charges on which the accused is tried, and the Judge may ask them such questions as are necessary to ascertain what their verdict is. Condemned person to be informed of his right to appeal. Consequences supervening or not known at time of former trial. he has given evidence against any other person charged with the same offence. 229. And the Court shall then hear the accused. Defence of lunacy at preliminary investigation. making known your authority and demanding admission. In force: Yes. Bail is the process by which a court releases a person pending appearance at a future court hearing. 10 Local Courts Act 2011 No. If the person issued with a summons does not appear at the time and place appointed in and by the summons and his personal attendance has not been dispensed with under section 21 the Court may issue a warrant to arrest him and cause him to be brought before such court. A. a certain will purporting to be the will of C.D. Every indictment, when signed, shall be filed in the Supreme Court. An offence shall be enquired into and tried in the Judicial District in which it was committed. 2. So soon as conveniently may be after the sentence of death has been pronounced, the presiding Judge shall forward to the Governor0General through the Prime Minister a copy of the finding and sentence, and of his notes of evidence taken at the trial, with a report in writing signed by him containing any recommendations or observations on the case which he thinks fit to make. Every person charged with an offence, and the wife or husband, as the case may be, of the person so charged, shall be a competent witness for the defence at every stage of the proceedings, whether the person so charged is charged solely or jointly with any other person: a. (3)Where a thumbprint or a fingerprint is likely to become an exhibit in a criminal case any constable may take for comparison the thumbprints and fingerprints of any person who is reasonably suspected of having made that thumbprint or fingerprint. The accused shall sign or attest by his mark such record. In the..Court at. To.(name and designation of person or persons who is or are to execute the warrant). In the Court at. To..(person or persons who is or are to execute the warrant). All such amendments shall be made in such terms as shall seem to the Court to be just. HWnI}GXA !*#@x0@)H#sd>O{lT|9tdz>NO%y%w:2#22o}|.V7[Nd3Vipk[l1F8eY
\=\iY=efO& q3|Zfqz{Ml' 'e^@1@~&Vs/ uG\$KP\ Sessions at place for which there is no jurors' list. (2) Whenever any such building, vessel, vehicle, receptacle or other place is closed, any person residing in or being in charge of the building, vessel, vehicle, receptacle or place shall on the demand of the constable or other person executing the search warrant, allow him free entry thereto and afford all reasonable facilities for a search therein. Having heard the evidence. (5)Upon receiving such report in evidence the Court shall, if it thinks such a course proper for the ends of justice, summon and examine such medical practitioner, dentist, analyst, chemical examiner, geologist, assayer, or mineralogist, or person gazetted as an examining officer in accordance with the provisions of subsection (3), as a witness or cause his evidence to be taken on commission as the case shall require. At.In the West Area of Sierra Leone murder, Statement of Offence Accessory after the fact to murder. 201. Image. (7)The Court may dispense with sureties if, in its opinion, its so dispensing will not tend to defeat the ends of justice. 128. 188. The Magistrate, upon the lists being so settled, shall send signed copies thereof to the Sheriff to the Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff for his district. 168. With the offence. WHEREAS.(name of accused) has the day appeared before me charged with. (2) Where the proceedings are discontinued in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) the court shall discharge the accused and thereafter he shall be subject to the provisions of the Lunacy Act or any Act amending or replacing the same (so far as the same may be applicable to his case) in the same circumstances and to the same extent as a mental patient against whom no proceedings have been brought. 155. (3) For the purposes of this section the expressions "Diamond Protection Area" and "stranger" and shall bear the meanings assigned to them in section 2 of the Diamond Industry Protection Act. 244. 42. in the House of Representatives this 23rd day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixth-five. CXXXVIII, No. Evidence of person married otherwise than by Civil or Mohammedan Marriage. Contents of petition . The Literary Theory Handbook introduces students to the history and scope of literary theory, showing them how to perform literary analysis, and providing a greater understanding of the historical contexts for different theories.. A new edition of this highly successful text, which includes updated and refined chapters, and new sections on contemporary theories 240. to be given to the keeper of the prison in which such accused may be detained, and also shall forthwith cause a similar notice in writing to be given to any witnesses bound over to prosecute and to their sureties (if any), and also to the accused and his sureties in case he shall have been admitted to bail. 132. (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. B. was a servant to J. S. and the he, said A. a.anything upon or in respect of which any offence has been or is suspected have been committed; b.anything which there is reasonable ground for believing will afford evidence as to the commission of any such offence, may at any time issue a warrant under his hand authorising any constable or other person named therein to enter any constable or other person named therein to enter any such building, vessel, vehicle, receptacle or place (which shall be named in the warrant) if necessary by force and to search the same and every person found therein and if anything searched for be found, to seize the same and arrest the occupier or owner of the said building, vessel, vehicle, receptacle or place if the Magistrate of Justice of the Peace thinks fit so to direct. 6. 212. [1st July, 1984] [G.N. Amendment of section 78 of Act No. (1) No indictment shall be signed or filed in respect of any criminal offence unless there has been a committal for trial consequent upon a previous preliminary investigation in accordance with the provisions of Part III or an enquiry or inquest held in accordance with the provisions of the Coroners Act, except in the case of indictments which by law may be preferred by the direction of, or with the consent in writing of, a Judge, and, in the case of informations known as ex-officio informations, by the Attorney-General: Provided that where the accused has been committed for trial the indictment may include either in substitution for or in addition to counts charging the offence for which he was committed, any counts founded on facts or evidence disclosed in the depositions being counts which may be lawfully joined in the same indictment. This is an unofficial consolidation. sentenced/ordered to pay a fine/penalty of. AND WHEREAS default having been made in payment a warrant of distress has been issued, but no return has yet been made thereto: Now these are to command you to receive into your custody the saidand safely to keep him until, the..day of.19..when you shall produce him before this Court, atm unless the said sum ofbe sooner paid, on receipt of which. (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. (1) Whenever any person prosecuted and charged before any Court with an offence involving fraud, dishonesty or violence, then, and in every such case, whether such offence is to be tried summarily or on information, or whether the said person has or has not been admitted to bail, it shall be lawful for a Police Officer of or above the rank of Assistant Superintendent or the constable for the time being in charge of a Police Station, if he is of the opinion that there are grounds for suspecting that such person has been previously convicted or has been engaged in crime, or that from any other case his photographs, measurements, thumbprints and fingerprints are required for the purposes of justice, to cause to be taken for use and record such photographs, measurements' thumbprints and fingerprints of the said person as such Police Officer or the constable for the time being in charge of a Police Station, shall think fit: Provided that if no conviction of the said person shall follow as a result of, or in connection with, such said prosecution, then, and in every such case, the photographs of the said person shall, together with the records of his measurements, thumbprints and fingerprints, be handed over to him or if this is not possible, be destroyed. (1) Where any person is convicted of having stolen or otherwise obtained any property dishonestly by means of any felony or misdemeanour, the Court convicting him may. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF SIERRA LEONE (ORIGINAL JURISDICTION) . 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 I,(name) of(address), do hereby bind myself to. National Land Commission Act, 2022 (Act 19 of 2022) Arbitration Act, 2022 (Act 18 of 2022) . 152. No person shall be tried before a national court of Sierra Leone for acts for which he or she has already been tried by the Special Court. CUSTOMARY JUSTICE As in many post-colonial countries, Sierra Leone has a dual legal system and this dualism is recognised in the 1965 Courts Act. Sierra Leone provides an interesting case study on the assessment of crime1 and the criminal justice system. (2) In the event of adjournment the assessors shall be required to attend at the adjourned sitting, and at every subsequent sitting till the conclusion of the trial. (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. (1) The substance of the charge shall be stated to the accused, or defendant and he shall be asked if he admits or denies the truth of the charge. In accordance with the Courts Act, No 31 of 1965, Sierra Leone is constituted into Judicial Districts, and Section 4 of the Act states that there shall be constituted Magistrates' Courts in and for every judicial district. 35. THIS IS TO CERTIFY that at a session of the Supreme Court held before Mr. Justice aton the..day of..19.. ..(name of prisoner) was duly convicted of murder and sentenced to suffer death. On 11 January 2022, the President of Sierra Leone assented to the Finance Act 2022. 227. Fines, detention in police station in lieu of imprisonment. If too long for this space continue overleaf). 6 of the Convention 197. The repeal of the law has been celebrated by many, including lawyers, journalists and even politicians. 207. (4)Such book shall belaid before the Magistrate present at the time when and place where the recognisor is required to appear, and such Magistrate may enlarge the recognisance to such further time as he may appoint. ..(animal, matter or thing) be found. When by accident or mistake a wrong verdict is delivered the jury may, before or immediately after it is recorded, amend the verdict, and it shall as ultimately amended. In the event of a committal for trial the written charge, the depositions, the statement of the accused, his answer recorded under section 116 (if any), the recognisances of bail (if any) and any documents and things which have been put in evidence, shall be transmitted in proper time to the Supreme Court; and an authenticated copy of the depositions, documentary exhibits and statement and answer aforesaid shall be transmitted to the Attorney-General. 222. In cases where the right of reply depends upon the question whether evidence has been called for the defence, the fact that the person charged has been called as a witness shall not of itself confer on the prosecution the right of reply. (2) If two or more of the assessors are prevented from attending or absent themselves, the proceedings shall be stayed and a new trial shall be held with the aid of fresh assessors. 4, pp. (1) Any constable may without a warrant arrest -. 4 201 No. (b) Nothing in this Act shall affect a case where the wife or husband of a person charged with an offence may at common law be called as a witness, without the consent of that person. njala university, school of social sciences Skip to document Ask an Expert Sign inRegister Sign inRegister Home ), * Strike out when Magistrate or Justice of the Peace does not think fit so to authorise or direct, To(Registrar or Court Clerk) of the..Court at. Order for amendment of indictment, separate trial and postponement of trial. WHEREAS.(name of offender) was on the.day, of19..convicted before me of the offence of..and. 113. The Criminal Procedure Acts The Goverment of Sierra Leone Information, Sierra Leone Web, Sierra Leone PDF. 19 - Aug. 2012 COURT OF APPEAL RULES PART I TITLE AND INTERPRETATION Title 1 These rules may be cited as The Court of Appeal Rules. 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. (1) If the accused or the defendant does not admit the truth of the charge or the Court refuses to accept a plea of guilty, the Court shall proceed to hear the prosecutor and his witnesses and other evidence, if any. (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. of.and was sentenced to Now these are to command you to receive the saidinto your. 150. i. 251. 23. 7. Falsification of accounts, contrary to section 1 of the Falsification of Accounts Act, 1875. (1) Every information or indictment shall contain, and shall be sufficient if it contains, a statement of the specific offence or offences with which the accused is charged, together with such particulars as may be necessary for giving reasonable information as to the nature of the charge. The Sheriff shall keep such lists amongst the records of his office and shall also, at every sitting of the Supreme Court, have there a fair copy of such lists for the then current year for the inspection of any person whose name is borne on the said lists, or by any public officer, or by any legal practitioner in actual practice. (2) Where the accused is not defended by counsel but states that he intends to call witness (other than himself) as to the facts, the Court shall call upon him to open his case if he so desires. (3)The length of any term of imprisonment imposed by the sentence of any Court shall be treated as reduced by any period during which the offender was in custody before sentence by reason only of having been committed for trial, or remanded, after arraignment. WHEREAS.(name) is lying ill/hurt at(address) and is not likely to recover, and, whereas it appears to me that the saidis able and willing to give material, information relating to the offence of.(statement of offence) alleged to have been committed, Now, therefore, take notice that I propose to take in writing and upon oath or affirmation the statement of the said. 38. 0000001624 00000 n
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