25. Similar Judgments. 0000013445 00000 n The Act was amended by the : The Sierra Leone Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2006. The respondent claimed that the deceased had sold the land to him some time in . 169. H.J.L. [1st October, 1965.] WHEREAS.(name of accused) did appear before the, ..(Magistrate or Judge) atto take his trial on attend a. preliminary investigation into a charge of..: And whereas the said..(Magistrate or Judge) has reason to believe that the, said(name of accused) is of unsound mind and is incapable of making his defence and has. 186 (1) The Court may in its discretion from time to time adjourn the trial, if necessary. 29. One of the sections so applied is 14 which imposes restrictions on, and relief against, forfeiture of leases. (2) An adjournment ordered for any reason shall be made to a certain time and place appointed, and stated at the time of adjournment in the presence and hearing of the parties. (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. (3) This section shall not prejudice or affect the trial of any act of piracy as defined by the law of nations. 0000006358 00000 n f^MaZIZ%XvRKF=@/v+'@_Vi{4QEi}I1jvn/ wO.U Ra -'Z^p7>Cv O+n@uyLi#h-R, v| j lsb#s!rmKQEPo#i*R_u5.&mt7Nxc8;-[c@qX9p\HNIvp@u[m=z8-t1oO/iR [4FGm2, o{pwWM@{le,V$9&1GsHO;= The Mayor of Freetown, Paramount Chiefs and Chairman of Town Councils and of other local authorities; viii. 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. 248. 172. Sets forth provisions relating to the formation and . To.. (name and designation of person or persons who is or are to, investigation into the offence charged against him, and should the case be sent for trial by the Supreme Court, that he will be and appear before the said Court when called upon to answer the charge against him and will continue so to, answer otherwise ordered by the said Court and in case of his making default herein I bind myself/we bind ourselves, Passed in the House of Representatives this 5. and obscene libel the particulars of which ate deposited with this indictment. 249. For the purposes of sections 86 to 90. 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. 110. 55. 57. (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. 125. No. (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. Amendment of section 78 of Act No. Any person may arrest without a warrant -. (9) Where a previous conviction of an offence is charged in an information or indictment it shall be charged at the end of the information or indictment by means of a statement that the accused has been previously convicted of that offence at a certain time and place without stating the particulars of the offence. (3)Should the true name and place of residence of that person be not ascertained within twenty-four hours from the time of arrest, or should he fail to execute the bond, or if so required, to furnish sufficient sureties, he shall forthwith be brought before the nearest Court having jurisdiction. (1) When the verdict of the jury is unanimous the Judge shall give judgment in accordance with that verdict. 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. 36. 241. (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. Suspension of execution of death sentence pending appeals. 1 of 2006; Sierra Leone Citizenship Amendment Act No. 136. (3) When a person is charged with stealing any chattel, money or valuable security, and it is proved that he received the thing knowing it to have been stolen, he may be convicted of receiving although he was not charged with that offence. where the deposition is that of a witness whose attendance at the trial is stated to be unnecessary as aforesaid, that the witness has been duly notified that he is required to attend the trial. 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. 40. 90. 2. (1) If any person committed to prison for non-payment has paid or shall pay any sum in part satisfaction of the sum adjudged to be paid, the period of his imprisonment shall be reduced by a number of days bearing as nearly as possible the same proportion to the total number of days for which such person is committed, as the sum so paid bears to the sum for which he is liable. Part 1 contains general provisions. (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. 0000003076 00000 n Only official editions of the Federal Register provide legal notice to the public and judicial notice to the courts under 44 U.S . 38. (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. The Sheriff shall cause to be delivered to the Registrar of the Court a panel containing the names, occupations and places of residence of the persons so summoned, a copy of which shall be affixed by the Registrar in the Court Hall. 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. The Sheriff shall in each case cause the duplicate of every certificate and declaration required by this Act to be exhibited, as soon as may be, and kept exhibited for twenty-four hours at least, on or near the principal entrance of the Prison or some other public building or place situate within the district wherein judgment of death is executed. 52. (2) Upon the accused being so informed the Judge shall record the fact and shall then observe the appropriate procedure set out in section 193. 2. 237. relating to the condition of any motor vehicle or trailer, may, if it is directed to the Court or 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. Benin Constitutional Court declared four articles of the nationality code to . (2)Except where express provision is made to the contrary, every sentence shall be deemed to commence from, and to include the whole of the day of the date on which it was pronounced. 4. (4)A person may be admitted to bail at any time, and thereupon shall be discharged from custody or prison if he is not detained for any other cause. a.any person who in his presence commits a felony; b.any person whom he suspects of having committed a felony, if such felony had actually been committed and such private person has reasonable grounds to believe that the person arrested has committed that felony; c.any person offering to sell, pawn or deliver any property which such private person has reasonable grounds to believe to be stolen property; d.any person about to commit an act which would manifestly endanger another person's life; e. any person detaining or suspected of detaining any other person with the intent to kidnap or unlawfully remove him from Sierra Leone. 88. Passed in the House of Representatives this 5th day of October, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-five. The accused shall then make his own unsworn statement or give his evidence on oath and thereafter he shall call his witnesses (including witnesses as to character). Every sentence of death shall direct that the person condemned shall be hanged by the neck until he is dead, but shall not state the place of execution. 20. On the.day of.. You should be present at the said time and place in order to hear the said statement made *(and to cross-examine the. 99. amounts to a breach of the peace in terms of the PUBLIC ORDER ACT 1965 as amended, . E. M., on the..day of.At.in the Western Area of Sierra Leone, sold, uttered, and. National Land Commission Act, 2022 (Act 19 of 2022) Arbitration Act, 2022 (Act 18 of 2022) . a.persons accused of the same offence committed in the course of the same transaction; b.persons accused of an offence and persons accused of aiding and abetting or being an accessory to or of attempting to commit such offence; c.persons accused of different offences where all such offences are founded on the same facts or form or are part of a series of offences of the same or a similar character; d.persons accused of different offences committed in the course of the same transactions. Priests and ministers of the various religions practiced in Sierra Leone. These Rules may be cited as the Criminal Procedure Rules. the said..shall be forthwith set a liberty. In addition to and independently of the facilities provided by section 30, it shall be lawful for any constable to detain any person carrying or conveying along any square, street, highway, quay or avenue or other public place any animal, matter or thing which such constable shall suspect of having been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained, or in respect of which he shall suspect that any criminal offence has been, is being or is about to be committed, and to examine any box, parcel, basket, bundle, or other package carried or conveyed by such person which he may reasonably suspect to contain any such animal, matter or thing as aforesaid; and if such person does not give a satisfactory account of himself and of any animal, matter or thing such examination may discover, to arrest such person and cause him to be taken before a Court as soon as practicable to be dealt with according to law. 50. 0000014763 00000 n If a Sessions shall be held at any place for which a jurors' list may not have been prepared under this Act, the Sheriff may prepare a temporary jurors' list for the purposes of such sessions, and all the provisions of this Act shall, as far as applicable, apply in the case of the persons whose names are entered, whether as common jurors or as special jurors upon such temporary list. Cross-examination of witnesses for the prosecution. (3)In any case where two or more accused are jointly tried and some accused are defended by counsel and others are not, the Court shall for the purposes of procedure deem all the accused to be defended by counsel. 29 of 1965). FAO organizational chart; Regional Office for Africa; Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific; Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia; Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean Every Magistrate before whom any such recognizance shall be taken shall give a written notice to the person or persons entering into the same specifying the date and place at which his or their personal appearance is required, and the consequences of any failure to fulfill such obligation. 79. (3)Any document purporting to be an original report under the hand of a person gazetted as an examining officer. (3) Payment or tender. In Sierra Leone , the right to bail in criminal proceedings is guaranteed under Admission to Bail in the Criminal Procedure Act of 1965. 2. 108. (3) Where in pursuance of this section a criminal lunatic has been discharged conditionally, if any of the conditions of such discharge appear to the Minister to be broken or the conditional discharge is revoked, the Minister may by order direct him to be taken into custody and to be conveyed to some mental hospital, prison or other place of safe custody named in the order, and he may thereupon be taken in like manner as if he had escaped from such mental hospital, prison or other place of such custody, and shall be received and detained therein as if he had been removed thereto in pursuance of the foregoing provisions of this Act. 224. Retrial of accused after discharge of jury. 46. 191. 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. 98. (2) The signature and attestation of the Judge or Magistrate by whom such statement was taken shall be sufficient prima facie proof of any 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. The said Order of the Governor-General shall be sufficient authority in law to all persons to whom the same is directed to execute the sentence of death or other punishment awarded, and to carry out the directions therein given in accordance with the terms thereof. 63. 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