151. (4)If the accused person who had not appeared as aforesaid is charged with felony, or if the Court in its discretion refrains from convicting the defendant in his absence, the Court shall issue a warrant for the arrest of the accused, and cause him to be brought before the Court. The various classifications of these divisions indicate the types of cases that are heard in these courts. 179. The person arrested shall not be subjected to more restraint than is necessary to prevent his escape. 53. (2) If the accused or the defendant, as the case may be, is not before the Court when such nolle prosequi is entered, the Court shall forthwith cause notice in writing of the entry of such nolle prosequi 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. (8) It shall not be necessary in stating any intent to defraud deceive or injure any particular person, where the enactment creating the offence does not make an intent defraud, deceive, or injure a particular person an essential ingredient of the offence. (1) Any Judge, Magistrate or Justice of the Peace who is satisfied by information on oath that there is reasonable ground for believing that there is in any building, vessel, vehicle, receptacle or place -. 66. He was one of a group of seventeen soldiers in the military of Sierra Leone who successfully staged a coup that ousted president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah in May 1997. 0000035343 00000 n This Printed Impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which has passed the House of Representatives and found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill. (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. (1) The Magistrate of each Judicial District shall prepare and settle a jurors' list for his area for the year commencing on the first day of January in each year in accordance with the provisions of this part. b. Particulars of Offence A. (2) When a person is charged with any felony, other than murder or treason, the Court may, if it thinks fit, admit him to bail. A draft arbitration act has been proposed by the Law Reform Commission but it is several stages away from being passed by Parliament. 236. 76. And I hereby authorise you to enter by force into the.(Place to be searched) if you are not admitted after. The Court before asking the accused in pursuance of section 6 of the Courts Act, 1965, whether he consents to the case being heard and finally determined summarily, shall explain to him the difference between the case being dealt with summarily and in the usual course. (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. 1 The Local Courts (Amendment) Act, 2014 "Qualification for appointment as Local Court Chairman" 2 ACT Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Vol. A. 190. 216. 0000003117 00000 n H.J.L. 116. 203. 169. Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Vol. Provided that (a) where any rule of law or any Act or statute limits the particulars of an offence which are required to be given in an information or indictment, nothing in this rule shall require any more particulars to be given than those so required. If prisoner refuses or is unable to plead, how dealt with. 192. 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 (2)If the accused is found not guilty, the Judge shall record a judgment of acquittal. The Parliament of Sierra Leone on July 23, 2020 unanimously approved the Independent Media Commission (IMC) Act 2020 and repealed the 1965 Public Order Act (POA) that criminalized libel and sedition in what has been hailed as a historic moment for the media in the country. Application 2. The omission to comply with any provision of this Part shall not make the execution of judgment of death illegal in any case where such execution would otherwise have been legal. 193. Address by Registrar to accused before jurors are sworn. (1) In the case of a conviction involving sentence of death the sentence shall not in any case be executed until a. after the expiration of the time within which a notice of appeal or of an application for leave to appeal may. Abstract/Citation: Entitled "The Employers and Employed Ordinance" prior to independence. 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. ii. (3) Any person convicted of treason or felony or any offence involving dishonest (unless he has obtained a free pardon) shall be disqualified from serving as a juror. 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. Court may direct security to be taken. 115. (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. B. and C. D., in H.S. 237. A person who has been committed for trial shall be entitled at any time before the trial to have a copy of the depositions on payment of a reasonable sum not exceeding four cents for every seventy-two words, or, if the Court thinks fit, without payment. 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)Any document purporting to be an original report under the hand of a person gazetted as an examining officer. Local Courts (Amendment) Act, 1965 (No. If the Court considers that the evidence against the accused is not sufficient to put him on his trial, the Court shall forthwith order him to be discharged as to the particular charge under investigation; but such discharge shall not be a bar to any subsequent charge in respect of the same facts: Provided that nothing contained in this section shall prevent the Court from either forthwith, or after such adjournment of the investigation as may seem expedient in the interest of justice, proceeding to investigate any other charge upon which the accused may have been summoned or otherwise brought before it, or which in the course of the charge so dismissed as aforesaid it may appear that the accused has committed. 10 of 2011. 50. Corporate author : International Scientific Committee for the drafting of a General History of Africa Person as author : Ki-Zerbo, Joseph [editor] 0000009278 00000 n I,(Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff) hereby certify that have/caused to, be served upon.(name of accused) a copy of the indictment in the matter of the charge, against him with the notice of trial, and that the nature and exigency thereof was explained to him, byand that this service was effected..(personally or in what, manner accomplished) at.(time) on..the..day. The respondent claimed that the deceased had sold the land to him some time in . 102. To.(keeper of Prison or constable). 146. C.D., with intent to defraud, made or concurred in making a false entry in a cash book belonging to the said C.D., his employer, purporting to show that on the said day Le100 had been paid to L. M. A. Challenge to the array, Peremptory challenges. THE COURTS (AMENDMENT) ACT. E-Book Overview. Decision of Court and assessors to have same effects as finding of jury. (2) It shall not be necessary, in any count charging an offence constituted by an enactment, to negative any exception. 242. Procedure with regard to warrants to be enforced outside jurisdiction. I plead guilty to the above written charge. Saving clause as to legality of execution. Section 5 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion immediately after the word "suspend" in line two thereof of the words, "or revoke the appointment of'. Sierra Leone, enacting jurisdiction. (1) At the close of the evidence for the defence, or, where it is sought to rebut evidence of good character, after evidence of good character has been given, the Court may, in its discretion, grant the prosecutor leave to call rebutting evidence where something has arisen ex improviso, in the course of the defence. 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 signature and attestation of the Magistrate holding the preliminary examination shall be sufficient. M 4/T. 55. At close of prosecution case Judge to inform undefended accused of his rights. Immediately after the accuses shall so have had opportunity of making his answer to the charge, the Court shall ask him whether he desires to give evidence on his own behalf and whether he desires to call any witnesses, and the evidence of the accused together with the depositions of such witnesses as the accused shall call, and who shall appear on his behalf, shall then be taken in like manner as in the case of the witnesses for the prosecution. 185. *In case of notice to the prosecutor these words should be struck out. If at the time and place for the hearing of the case, both the accused or defendant and the prosecutor appear before the Court, it shall proceed to hear and finally determine the charge. During remand the Court may, nevertheless, order the accused to be brought before it. 213. No judgment shall be stayed or reversed on the ground of any objection, which if stated after the indictment was read to the prisoner, or during the progress of the trial, might have been amended by the Court, nor because of any informality in swearing the witnesses or any of them. (1) Subject to the provisions of rules made under section 50, charges for more than one felony or for more than one misdemeanour, and charges for both felonies and misdemeanours may, if those charges are founded on the same facts or form or are a part of a series of offences of the same or a similar character, be joined in the same complaint, information or indictment and tried at the same time, but where under the provisions of this section a felony is tried together with a misdemeanour in the Supreme Court, then if the trial is with a jury, the jury shall be sworn and the person accused shall have the same right of challenging jurors as if all the offences charged in the indictment were felonies. 106. (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. 247. In the..Court at. To.(name and designation of person or persons who is or are to execute the warrant). Courts Act,1965. (1) Subject to the exemptions in subsection (2) every male person between the ages of thirty and sixty years who is resident in Sierra Leone and is literate in English shall be liable to serve. 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. (1) The Court shall then in the presence of the accused take the statements on oath of the witnesses of the prosecution and put such statements into writing (hereinafter referred to as "depositions"). B., on the..day of.at.in the Western Area of Sierra Leone, uttered a certain forged will. Its value as a juridical weapon has been recently demonstrated by the historic achievement of the West African State of Sierra Leone in the prosecution and conviction by the United. (2)The Judge may act on the application of any party interested after due notice to all other interested parties. The Registrar or any other person directed by the Court shall endorse on, or annex to, every indictment and, every copy thereof to be delivered to the Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff for service on the accused, a notice of trial, which notice shall be in the following form, or as near thereto as may be. Section 7 of the Courts Act, 1965 is amended by the repeal and replacement of subsection (1) thereof by the following:- 7. The Act, which came into effect on 1 January 2022, inter alia reduced the income tax rate for mineral and petroleum operations from 30% to 25% thereby adjusting the rate to match the standard corporate tax rate. 181. (2) Any person who commits on an aircraft operated by or on behalf of a company registered in Sierra Leone, any act which, if committed in Sierra Leone would be an offence shall be guilty of an offence of the same nature, and subject to the same punishment, as if the act had been committed in Sierra Leone. (1) The Criminal Procedure Act, the Jurors and Assessors Act, subsection (3) of section 3 of the Treason and State Offences Act, 1963, section 27 of the Police Act, 1964 and section 23 of the House of Representatives Powers and Privileges Act are hereby repealed. (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. c.to discontinue at any stage before judgment is delivered any such criminal proceedings. Be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with P.N. Subject to the provisions of sections 136 and 137, an indictment charging any person with an offence triable before the Supreme Court, may be preferred by any person before a Court in which the person charged may be lawfully indicted for that offence, and where an indictment has been so preferred, a Law Officer shall, unless the accused has been acquitted and discharged under the provisions of section 131, sign the indictment and it shall thereupon be proceeded with accordingly: a. accused or the defendant, or shall be read or said to the accused or the defendant, shall be construed as a requirement that this things shall be done in the presence of the representative or reach or said to the representative. SierraLII publishes the law of Sierra Leone for free online access. 5 OF 2009) THE COMPANIES REGULATIONS, 2015 In exercise of the powers conferred upon the Commission by sections 494 and 530 of the Companies Act, 2009 the Commission hereby makes the following Regulations - PART I-PRELIMINARY 1. 0000001624 00000 n Assented to in Her Majesty's name this 1st day of October, 1965. Proof of Statement of accused in lower court. h.Nothing in this Act shall effect the provisions of section 18 of the Indictable offences Act, 1848, or other right of the person charged to make a statement without being sworn. The Court shall inform every person condemned to death of the period within which, if he desires to appeal, his notice of appeal or of his application for leave to appeal must be given. Now these are to command you to arrest the saidAnd to bring him before me. If the Attorney-General is of the opinion that there is in any case committed for trial any material or necessary witness other than those mentioned in the depositions, the prosecutor may call the witness before the trial Court upon giving to the Registrar of the Court and to the accused notice of his intention to do so together with a summary of the evidence to be given by the witness. (2) Every constable acting under this section shall before entering any premises by virtue of subsection (1) deliver or offer to deliver to the owner or occupier a statement in writing signed by him to the effect that he is entering the premises because he has reasonable grounds to believe that there is a stranger thereon. 7. In proceedings to which no such forms are applicable the Master of the Supreme Court may, with the approval of the Chief Justice, from time to time frame the forms required and such forms shall be published in the. 248. (1) At any time during the hearing of the change the Court may, if it thinks fit, adjourn the hearing. in Province from S. p. five yards of cloth by falsely pretending that he, the said A. 0000010705 00000 n 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. Commencement. Any person committed for non-payment may pay the sum mentioned in the warrant, with the amount of expenses therein authorised (if any), to the person in whose custody he is, and that person shall thereupon discharge him if he is in custody for no other matter. 56. 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. 204. 87. 0000005732 00000 n (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. 182. (2) Every such warrant shall state shortly the offence with which the person against whom it is issued is charged and shall name or otherwise describe such person and it shall order the person or persons to whom it is directed to apprehend the person against whom it is issued and bring him before the Court issuing the warrant or before some other court having jurisdiction in the case to answer to the charge therein mentioned and to be further dealt with. 31 of 1965) to replace the imperial appellate courtPrivy Council which sat on all appeals from courts of first instance in then British colonies in West Africa (Sierra 11 of 2006. Medical practitioners and dental surgeons in actual practice and their dispensers and assistants; v.Registered druggists and nurses in actual practice; vi. In the event of any person liable and suitable to serve as a juror being found at any district after the lists are settled for the year, it shall be lawful for the Magistrate to place the name of such person on the list, either as a special or common juror, as the case may be, and such person shall be liable to serve as such juror till fresh lists are brought into force, and whenever any juror on the list may have become disqualified, his name shall be expunged. (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)If entry into the building, vessel, vehicle, receptacle or place cannot be so obtained, the constable or other person executing the search warrant may, if the warrant empowers him so to do, enter forcibly, or break-open such building, vessel, vehicle, receptacle or other place. Paragraph (xii) of section 78 of the Prisons Act, 1961, is hereby amended. The Globalization of World Politics. means of an advertisement inserted by them, the said A. A Magistrate may, if he is compelled to interrupt the conduct of a preliminary investigation by sickness, absence or other sufficient cause, appoint a deputy in writing under his hand, and such deputy shall, for the purpose of subsections (1) and (2) of section 113 (but in respect of the power to remand only), have the like powers as if he were the Magistrate. In case where any person is so fined in his absence, the Registrar of the Court shall forthwith send him a written notice of the fact, requiring him to pay the fine or to show cause before the Court within four days, for not paying the. The lease in s question was made in May 1962. (2) In a trial otherwise than upon indictment for murder or manslaughter where the cause of death of a, person comes into question, the declaration of the, whether it be made in the presence of the accused or not, may, at the discretion of the Court be given in evidence if the. 1. A certificate under the hand of the Registrar or other officer of the court, that such sentence has been passed and naming the person condemned, shall be sufficient . purporting to be the will of C. D., knowing the same to be forged and with intent to defraud. The Flag of which the design is described in paragraph (b) hereof is hereby declared to be the . 229. (1) Where the accused is defended by counsel who states that no witness as to the facts will be called except the accused, the Court shall require the accused to make his unsworn statement or give his evidence, as the case may be. Prisoner to be released on bail or acquitted and discharged if not tried within a certain time. B., might retain the same in safe custody. (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. 69. (1) A Court (in this section and section 38 referred to as the Remitting Court) before which any person who is within the local limits of its jurisdiction and is charged with having committed an offence within the local limits of the jurisdiction of another Court is brought, shall unless authorised to proceed in the case, send him in custody to the Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the offence was committed, or require him to give security for his surrender to such last-mentioned Court, there to answer the charge and to be dealt with according to law. Periodical report of criminal lunatics. Pilots of ships in actual practice and licensed as such; xiv. (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. Any warrant so endorsed shall have the like effect as any warrant issued under subsection (1). In the event of the accused giving his consent to the case being dealt with summarily, the Court shall call upon him to plead to the information, and forthwith inform him of his right to recall all or any of the witnesses for the prosecution, who shall have been heard, and to subject them to any further cross-examination. 0000003948 00000 n (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. 35. When exercising the powers conferred upon it by section 55 or 56, the Court may order that the whole, or such portions as the Court thinks fit, of the expenses so paid be paid over to the prosecutor or to the accused or defendant, as the case may be. (1) A person charged with murder or treason shall not be admitted to bail, except by a Judge. AND whereas the said..when so called upon did refuse to Enter into such recognisance: Now these are to command you to receive into your custody the said..and safely to deep him until after the. (2) In the case of persons who are charged jointly, if one or more (but not all) have elected in accordance with section 144 to be tried by the Court with the aid of assessors, he or they may withdraw that election and elect to be tried by a Judge alone provided this change of election is made before the time allowed by section 145 has expired, otherwise the change of election shall have no effect. 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