59. (2) The following persons shall be charged and tried together, namely. 155. H.J.L. 1960 (SLE-1960-L-28611) Employers and Employed Act (Chapter 212) [consolidated to 1960] B., might retain the same in safe custody. 172. 7. 2. 10. 111. (statement of offence). Now these are to command you to receive the said(name of accused) into your custody, and safely to keep him until the sittings of the Supreme Court to be held at.(place), on the.day of..19for the trial of accused. 0000007825 00000 n
Prosecutor and witnesses may be required to enter into recognisances. Part 2 regulates summary trial; Part 3 preliminary investigations. The Court may order any person convicted before it to pay all or any specified part of the expenses of his prosecution. 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. 0000003076 00000 n
WHEREAS..(name of offender) was on theday, of..19.convicted before me of the offence of.and. This is to authorize and require all persons to whom the saidshall be delivered to receive the, said.into their custody together with this certificate, and him safely to keep. Date of assent: 09 April 1976. (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. 218. Universal jurisdiction is one of international law's core concepts. 29 of 1965). B. was then authorized by the said J.S. (6)Where a corporation is charged with an offence triable on indictment or triable summarily, the corporation may, on arraignment before the Supreme Court or on being asked to plead by the Magistrate, as the case may be, enter in writing by its representative a plea of guilty or not guilty, and if either the corporation does not appear by a representative or, though it does so appear fails to enter any plea, the Court shall order a plea of not guilty to be entered and the trial shall proceed as though the corporation had duly entered a plea of not guilty. 245. Or by imprisonment not exceeding three months (whether with or without a fine), it may also be used on the direction of a Magistrate in respect if any offence other than a felony. 0000009278 00000 n
The repeal of the law has been celebrated by many, including lawyers, journalists and even politicians. QUALIFICATIONS OF JURORS AND PREPARATION OF JURORS' LIST. The accused shall sign or attest by his mark such record. (2) The Court shall record the exact words of the answer to the charge made by the accused or defendant and if such answer does not consist merely of the words "guilty" or "not guilty", as the case may be the Court shall record its interpretation of such answer and whether in the opinion of the Court it amounts to a plea of guilty or not guilty as the case may be. (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. 60. courts in Sierra Leone and over any adjudicating authority; and in exercise of its supervisory jurisdiction shall have power to issue such directions, orders or writs including writs of habeas corpus, orders of . 0000003688 00000 n
Date of assent: 01 March 2065. Decision of Court and assessors to have same effects as finding of jury. The respondent claimed that the deceased had sold the land to him some time in . Section 47 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion immediately after the word "makes" in the third line thereof, of the following words "or cases to be made". vii. Fines, detention in police station in lieu of imprisonment. Medical practitioners and dental surgeons in actual practice and their dispensers and assistants; v.Registered druggists and nurses in actual practice; vi. 26. THE COMPANIES ACT, 2009 (ACT NO. If too long for this space continue overleaf). In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires- 10 of 2011. A. B., on theday of.19at Freetown in the Western Area of Sierra, Leone, being a witness upon the trial of an action in the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone in which one.was, plaintiff, and one..was defendant, knowingly falsely swore that he was one M. 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(2) The Attorney-General may in writing revoke any order made by him under this section. a.presumed or actual partiality or prejudice in the juror as standing in the relation of husband, master or servant, landlord or tenant to the person accused or to the person supposed to have been injured or affected by the act complained of, or to the person on whose complaint the prosecution was instituted; being in the employment of either of such person; being plaintiff or defendant against either of such persons; in any civil suit, or having complained against or having been accused by either of such persons in any criminal prosecution, or entertaining prejudiced views on the case to be tried; b.some personal cause as infancy, old age, deafness, blindness, infirmity or ill-health; c.that the juror has been convicted of perjury or other offence, disqualifying him from acting as a juror; d. that the juror does not understand the English language, but this shall not be a ground of disqualification, if the juror understands the usual language of the place where trial is held, unless the Court shall think fit so to order. (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. making known your authority and demanding admission. (4) ) If a constable is assaulted or obstructed when making any arrest, it shall be the duty of any private person, on whom he may call for aid, to go to his assistance. B., on the.day of..at..in the Western Area of Sierra Leone , with intent to defraud, obtained. (1) Any constable may without a warrant arrest -. Assented to in Her Majesty's name this 1st day of October, 1965. No person shall be exempted from serving as a common juror by reason of being marked as a special juror. (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. 131. For the purposes of this subsection the expression "examining officer", "motor vehicle" and "trailer" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them under the Road Traffic Act, 1964. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 143, in any case where a person is charged at any sessions of the Supreme Court with a criminal offence not punishable by death the Attorney-General, if he is of the opinion that the general interest of justice would be served thereby, may make an application to the Court for an order, which shall be made as of course, that any such person or persons shall be tried by such Court with the aid of assessors, or by a Judge alone, instead of by a Judge and jury. Bail is the process by which a court releases a person pending appearance at a future court hearing. 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. (2) Notwithstanding any rule of law or practice, an information or indictment shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, not be open to objection in respect of its form or contents if it is framed in accordance with the rules under this Act. (2) It shall not be necessary, in any count charging an offence constituted by an enactment, to negative any exception. 234. 54. Certificate of superintendent of hospital to be evidence. 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'. in the House of Representatives this 23rd day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixth-five. WHEREAS.(name of prison) a prisoner now in your custody is required to appear before me to. CXLV, No. 108. 45. Powers of Director of Public Prosecutions. At the Supreme Court holder at..on the.day. Part 1 contains general provisions. 0000005969 00000 n
B, well knowing that one H. C. did on the..day Western Area..of..at.in the, .Province of Sierra Leone murder C. D., did on the.Day ofat..in the West Area, of Sierra Leone and onProvince. Repealing the Act was a commendable thing by Parliament, as the Act had been seen as draconian by many because it had stood in 145. 144. In default of the amount being recovered by such distress and sale, the recognisors may be imprisoned for any period not exceeding sixty days, but the Court in or before which the condition of any recognizance ought to be performed may cancel or mitigate the forfeiture upon such terms and conditions (if any) as the Court may think just. Santigie Borbor Kanu (also known as Five-Five) (born March 1965) was a Sierra Leonean military commander in the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC). Subsection (1) of section 9 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion of the word "Local" immediately after the word "Group" in line three thereof. Country/Territory Sierra Leone Document type Legislation Date 1965 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil Keyword Agricultural development Institution Court/tribunal Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Access-to-justice Geographical area The Governor-General shall communicate to the said Judge, or his successor in t office, the terms of any decision to which he may come thereon, and the Judge shall cause an entry to the effect thereof to be entered on the record of the Court. The Courts (Amendment) Act, 2006. (1) If the jury are not unanimous, the Judge may require them to retire for further consideration. (3)Warrants issued by a Court of summary jurisdiction shall be enforced in other districts, either of the Western Area or Provinces, by the Magistrate having jurisdiction therein. (1) Whenever a Member of the House of Representatives or a public officer is, a.arrested or detained in custody upon the warrant or order of a Court; or. m ment of minor correctional centre offences by junior or h nate officers. In Sierra Leone , the right to bail in criminal proceedings is guaranteed under Admission to Bail in the Criminal Procedure Act of 1965. 7. 226. 112. (1) If a person committed for trial in the Supreme Court other than on a charge of treason or murder shall not have been tried by the end of the next criminal sessions after the sessions to which he was originally committed he shall, if in prison, on his application made in the last day of such first mentioned sessions be admitted to bail unless it be made to appear to the Court on oath that the prosecution witnesses or any of Them could not have been brought before the Court before the end of that sessions. "Civil Marriage" means a marriage which is recognized by the law of the place where it is contracted as the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others; "husband and wife" means a husband and wife of a Civil marriage, as defined in this section; "Mohammedan Marriage" means a marriage entered into and subsisting between persons professing the Mohammedan faith which is valid according to Mohammedan Law or registered under the Mohammedan Marriage Act or any law governing the registration of such marriage in any other country. 100. 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. Being an Act to amend the Courts Act, 1965. ARREST GENERALLY 4. [23rd March, 2006] Enacted by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled. 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