Upon every such trial the decision of the Judge, with the aid of the assessors, as to all matters arising thereupon, which in the case of a trial by jury would be left to the decision of the jurors, shall have the same force and effect as the finding or verdict effects as finding of a jury thereon. One project developed and implemented in cooperation with the World Wildlife Fund and the government of the Central African Republic emphasizes conservation of elephants and their habitats in protected areas such as the . 171. Payment out of money paid into court under the Exchange Control Act 10. (1) The description of property in a count in an information or indictment shall be in ordinary language, and such as to indicate with reasonable clearness the property referred to and if the property is so described it shall not be necessary, except when required for the purpose of describing an offence depending on any special ownership of property or special value of property, to name he person to whom the property belongs or the value of the property. 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 . The Governor-General shall issue an order under his hand and the Public Seal which may be in one of the forms set out in the Second Schedule, and if the sentence is to be carried out shall state the place, which shall be private and the time where and when the execution is to be had, and shall give directions as to the place of burial of the body of the person executed; and if the person sentenced is pardoned, the pardon shall state whether it is free or to what conditions it is subject. Where any person is to be sent in custody in pursuance of section 37, a warrant shall be issued by the Remitting Court and that warrant shall be sufficient authority to any person to whom it is directed to receive and detain the person therein named, and to carry him and deliver him up to the Court to which the person charged is remitted for trial. 188. 0000007825 00000 n
A. 99. 210. [23rd March, 2006] Enacted by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled. ORDER 9 PETITIONS-GENERAL PROVISIONS 1. in Province from S. p. five yards of cloth by falsely pretending that he, the said A. Courts Act,1965. (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. period of years, or in such other prison as the Governor-General shall from time to time direct, and subject to the prison rules for the time being in force. (1) In a trial on indictment for murder or manslaughter, the declaration of a deceased person, whether it be made in the presence of the accused person or not, may be given in evidence if the deceased person at the time of making such declaration believed himself in danger of imminent death and entertained at the time of making it no hopes of recovery. 151. 2. Whenever it appears to any Court that any person dangerously ill or hurt, and not likely to recover, is able and willing to give material information relating to any offence, and it shall not be practicable to take the depositions of the person so ill or hurt . (2)The Judge may act on the application of any party interested after due notice to all other interested parties. (1) When the Court orders money to be paid by a convicted person, a.for a fine, penalty or the expenses of his prosecution; or. (1) At the close of the evidence in support of the charge if it appears to the Court that the case is made out against the accused or the defendant sufficiently to require him to make a defence the Court shall ask him if he wishes to say anything in answer to the charge, or has any witnesses to examine or other evidence to adduce in his defence, and the Court shall then hear the accused or the defendant and his witnesses and other evidence, if any. Upon taking these steps the Court shall proceed to hear and finally determine the matter in accordance with the provisions of Part II relating to summary trials. custody together with this warrant, and there to carry the aforesaid sentence into execution according to law. 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. If a person is confined in a mental hospital under the provisions of section 71 and the medical superintendent of such hospital certifies that, in his opinion, the accused is capable of making his defence, such accused shall be taken before the court at such time as the court appoints, to be dealt with according to law, and the certificate of such medical superintendent shall be receivable in evidence. 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. 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. Any person charged with a criminal offence at any session of the Supreme Court shall, a.if such criminal offence is punishable by death be tried by the court with a jury consisting of twelve men; or, b. 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. I hereby declare myself surety/We hereby jointly and severally declare ourselves sureties for the above-, named..ofthat he will attend in the..Court, aton the .day ofnext to answer to the above-. (5)Until an appointment is made to the office of Director of Public Prosecutions the powers conferred upon the Director Public Prosecutions by this section shall be exercised by the Attorney-General. (2) If the accused or the defendant, as the case may be, is not before the Court when such, is entered, the Court shall forthwith cause notice in writing of the entry of such. 74. Additional witnesses for the defence. 203. 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. 183. 192. 46. Proof of Statement of accused in lower court. The Governor-General's Order shall be sent to the Sheriff, and the Sheriff shall act in accordance therewith. CXXXVIII, No. 10. Where a sentence or conviction does not order the payment of money, but orders that the offender be imprisoned, the Court shall issue a warrant of commitment accordingly. The failure of any person charged with an offence, or of the wife or husband, as the case may be, of the person so charged, to give evidence shall not be made the subject of any comment by the prosecution. 20. c)by the substitution for the words "six months" in line four of paragraph (c) of the words "one year". (5)The forms set out in the Appendix to these rules, or forms conforming thereto as nearly as may be, shall be used in cases to which they are applicable; and in other cases forms to the like effect or conforming thereto as nearly as may be shall be used, the statement of offence and the particulars of offence being varied according to the circumstances in each case. 167. (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. ARREST GENERALLY 4. 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. Expenses of commitment .. (1) Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Court from exempting any person from serving as a juror at any session or any trial for reasonable cause, a certificate bearing the signature of a Medical Practitioner setting out that any person required to attend as a juror is unable from the state of his health to do so, may, on the court being satisfied of the signature to such certificate, be received as prima facie evidence of reasonable cause. Westmoreland Street, Freetown, on the.day of19 A. Accused to be informed of complaint. 0000005510 00000 n
215. 68. 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. 233. No. a certain will purporting to be the will of C.D. 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. Retentionist, but the Special Court for Sierra Leone does not have the power to impose the death penalty. Sierra Leone provides an interesting case study on the assessment of crime1 and the criminal justice system. Provided that it shall be lawful for a Magistrate other than the Magistrate who originally committed the accused person for trial to re-open the case and deal with it in terms of this subsection if such other Magistrate has assumed the duties of the Magistrate who originally committed the accused person for trial. Download as pdf. 0000012053 00000 n
For the issuing of a summons the information need not be put in writing or be sworn to unless the Court so directs. 145. the clerk of the Court shall as soon as may be thereafter deliver to that person, or send by post addressed to him at his last or usual place of residence, a notice in writing stating the amount of the penalty, the date on or before which payment thereof is required, and the place or places and times at which payment may be made, and if payment by instalments is directed, particulars of the instalments. 182. (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. (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. or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy the said fine/sum/penalty returning this warrant with an endorsement certifying what you have done under it, immediately upon its execution. 224. (1) When in the course of a trial of preliminary investigation (but not an inquest) the Court has reason to believe that the accused or the defendant is of unsound mind and consequently unable to make his defence, it shall order the accused to be confined in a mental hospital for a period of thirty days for observation. prosecute (or to prosecute and give evidence or to give evidence) in the matter of a charge of..against And whereas it has been made to appear to me be information upon oath that the said.. is about to go. 61. (6) Any power of the Court under this section shall be, in addition to and not in derogation of any other power of the Court for the same or similar purposes. 231. (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. 229. 115. 227. (1) If from the absence of a witness, or from any other reasonable cause recorded in the minutes the Court considers it advisable to adjourn the preliminary investigation and the accused is not admitted to bail, the Court may, by warrant, from time to time, remand the accused for a reasonable time, not exceeding eight clear days at any one time, to some prison or other place of security. Sierra Leone Gazette Supplement, Public Notices, 1982-02-19, No. 83. (1) The statement of the accused duly recorded by or before the committing Court and whether signed by the accused or not, may be given in evidence without further proof thereof by the prosecution unless it is proved that the Magistrate purporting to sign it did not in fact sign it. 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. 10. 21. (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. Sierra Leone Citizenship Act, 1973 . Procuring obscene libel (or thing) with intent to sell or publish. The rules contained in the First Schedule with respect to informations and indictments shall have effect as if enacted in this Act, but those rules may be added to, varied, revoked, or replaced by further rules made by the Chief Justice with the approval of the House of Representatives, and the Chief Justice is hereby empowered to make such further rules. 155. 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