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. (4)Whenever security is taken under this section, the officer to whom the warrant is directed shall forward the recognisance to the Court. I,.(name and designation), make oath and say as follows:-, At or aboutm. in the.noon of theday of19, I personally, served upon..(name of person summoned) by.(state method of service) a summons issued, by(issuing Court) in the matter of.(prosecutor) versus.(accused) wherein the. I hereby declare my self surety/we hereby jointly and severally declare ourselves sureties said, (name of accused) that he will be and appear before the said, .Court when called upon to answer the charge against him and will continue so to appear. In 2007, Kanu was convicted of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity . 86. (3)Where the Magistrate who commenced or continued the preliminary investigation is unable for any sufficient reason to continue it after an adjournment, it shall not be necessary for his successor to re-commence such investigation unless it appears to him that the case is one upon which he should himself adjudicate under section 6 of the Courts Act, 1965. Interpretation. 36. ents that may be imposed by subordinate court. (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. i.that an offence be enquired into or tried by the Supreme Court or any subordinate Court not empowered by sections 39 and 40 but in other respects competent to enquire into or try such offence; ii. (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. The Special Court shall, except as provided in subparagraph (2), have the power to prosecute persons who bear the greatest responsibility for serious violations of international humanitarian law and Sierra Leonean law committed in the territory of Sierra Leone since 30 November 1996, including those leaders who, in committing such crimes, have . Q. (4)Where the jurors are not unanimous in their findings the Judge shall, after the lapse of such time as he thinks reasonable, discharge the jury. Condemned person to be informed of his right to appeal. (1) When, in a trial by jury, the case on both sides is closed the Judge shall sum up the law and evidence in the case. 64. 59. African Law (AfricanLII) . (3) Disqualification of jurors. 191. Note: Your non-appearance in Court will have no effect on the Sentence to be passed if you are convicted. 241. B. has been twice previously convicted of an offence under section 22 of the Malicious, Damage Act, 1861, namely, at.on theday of..At theon the..day. [23rd March, 2006] Enacted by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled. (Place). (2)If the remand is for not more than three clear days, the Court may by word of mouth, order the officer or person in whose custody the accused is, or any other fit officer or person, to continue to keep the accused in his custody, and to bring him up at the time appointed for the commencement or continuance of the said investigation. 58. b. Treason and other related offences under the Treason and State Offences Act 1963 3. A. Persons charged with burglary, etc., may be convicted of kindred offence. Declaration of execution by Sheriff. Suspension of execution of death sentence pending appeals. Date of assent: 09 April 1976. 245. Freetown, Sierra Leone THE INITIATIVES AND PRACTICES OF SIERRA LEONE'S PREVENTIVE ANTI-CORRUPTION BODIES AS PER ARTICLE 6 OF THE UNCAC 1. 69. 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 room or place in which the Court sits to hear and determine the charge shall be an open and public Court, to which the public generally shall have access as far as it can conveniently contain them. attend the Supreme Court at.(place of sitting) atmonitoring, on the..day of..next and then and there to prosecute (or to prosecute and give evidence or to, give evidence) in the matter of a charge ofagainst.(name of accused) and. Retentionist, but the Special Court for Sierra Leone does not have the power to impose the death penalty. 75. In the.Court at. Control of Attorney-General over Criminal Proceedings. 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. 133. 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. B. had the been sent by the said J. S. to S. P. for the said cloth, and that he, the said A. (1) If in the course of a trial with the aid of assessors, at any time prior to the finding any assessor from any sufficient cause is prevented from attending throughout the trial, the trial shall proceed with the aid of the remaining assessors. 246. The Constitution of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Act, 1981 : being an act to amend the constitution of Sierra Leone, so as to harmonize it with the constitution of the All People's Congress, and for connected purposes : [19th November, 1981]. If the officer having the execution of the warrant reports that he could find no goods and chattels whereon to levy the money mentioned in the warrant with expenses, the Court may be the same or a subsequent warrant commit the person ordered to pay, to prison for a period specified in the warrant, unless the money and all expenses of the distress, commitment, and conveyance to prison, to be specified in the warrant, are sooner paid. c.the Court may make such order as to admitting the accused to bail, and as to the enlargement of recognisances and otherwise as the Court thinks fit. 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. 234. Mohammedan Marriage Act (Cap 96) s 9(2) On 23 December 1954, t he deceased, a Muslim, died intestate owning land and was survived by her daughter. Part A (Title I) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every . b)by the substitution for the words "six months" in lines two and three thereof of the words "one yeaf'. 26. c.When an act is an offence by reason of its relation to another act which is also an offence, or which would be an offence if the doer were capable of committing an offence, a charge of the first-mentioned offense may be enquired into or tried in the District in which either act was done. The Court, having heard the witnesses and other evidence adduced, and what may be alleged by the parties themselves or their counsel, shall consider the whole matter, and finally determine the case, and shall either convict the accused or the defendant and pass sentence or make an order against him according to law or acquit him as the case may be and shall cause a record to be made of the point or points for determination, the decision therein and the reason for the decision: Provided that the Court may, at any time before such final determination upon being satisfied that there are sufficient grounds for doing so, allow the prosecutor to withdraw any charge against the accused or the defendant whereupon such charge shall be deemed to be dismissed. (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. (2)The Judge may act on the application of any party interested after due notice to all other interested parties. Procedure for offences. Bail is the process by which a court releases a person pending appearance at a future court hearing. PART V - SPECIAL TRIALS TRIAL OF CORPORATIONS. Similar Judgments. (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. 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. 142. 192. 10 of 2011. Magistrates' Courts have limited jurisdiction. ), * 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. (2) Where the Judge gives no directions for the recording of his summing up or of any direction given by him, he shall prepare a statement as soon as possible according to the best of his recollection and, for the purpose of preparing such statement, may consult any notes he may have made for his summing up or for any such direction. If a trial is adjourned, the jurors shall be required to attend at the adjourned sitting and at every subsequent sitting until the conclusion of the trial. Statement of Offence Damaging trees, contrary to section 22 of the Malicious Damage Act, 1861. 41. A warrant may be executed by the arrest of the accused at any place in Sierra Leone. SLE42113.E - Sierra Leone: Treatment of Revolutionary United Front (RUF) prisoners upon the signing of the Lome Accord and the subsequent ceasefire agreement; details of the amnesty granted to members of the RUF - Nov. 2003 180. DATED this..day of. Periodical report of criminal lunatics. Jurors resident more than five miles from the place where the session is being held shall be excused by the Court from serving on the ground of ill-health upon the testimony of two jurors. Of 19.The Court is informed by the Attorney-General on the half of Our Lady the Queen at the instance of C.D. 45. Anything so taken from an arrested person shall be produced before the Court. (2)If a witness is cross-examined at the trial on behalf of the accused on any part of the witness's statement to the police the prosecution may furnish the Court with a copy of the statement which shall become part of the record of the trial. BOSTON, Governor-General. E-Book Overview. The agreement stipulates that the RSCSL shall have its principal seat in Freetown,but shall carry . 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. (2)Judge shall then give judgment, and in so doing shall not be bound to conform with the opinions of the assessors, but he shall record his judgment in writing and in every case the judgment shall contain the point or points for determination, the decision thereon and the reasons for the decision, and shall be dated and signed by the Judge at the time of pronouncing it.. (3)If the accused is convicted, the Judge shall pass sentence on him according to law. 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. Recovery of damages, etc., as a judgement debt. (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. 213. Whenever, in the exercise of any of the duties here inbefore imposed upon the Magistrate, he may consider it expedient so to do, he may call to his aid any Justice or Justices of the Peace having jurisdiction within his district, and such Justice shall thereupon, unless they are prevented from attending by good and sufficient reasons, attend at the time and place named by such Magistrate, and aid and assist him in his duties as aforesaid. Children and young persons accused of criminal offences shall be apprehended and tried in accordance with the provisions of the Children and Young Persons Act. 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'. 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. EIGHTH EDITION. 0000006358 00000 n Criminal sessions of the Supreme Court shall be held at such times as may be prescribed by or under Rules of Court, made by the Rules of Court Committee established under section 22 of the Courts Act. 60. The person arrested shall not be subjected to more restraint than is necessary to prevent his escape. (3)The District Officer shall during the first week of August in each year submit to the Magistrate in each Judicial District a list of persons known to be resident in the district and literate in English. Mutiny under the Sierra Leone Military Forces Act 1961 4. 2. 0000003688 00000 n 72. 0000001624 00000 n Proof of Statement of accused in lower court. If too long for this space continue overleaf). 19-20. 0000010705 00000 n 77. *In case of notice to the prosecutor these words should be struck out. The cancellation of a warrant may be effected by the Court issuing it, or by a Court to which such issuing Court is subordinate. (2) Indictments signed by a Law Officer, otherwise than at the instance of any other person, shall have priority of hearing, and shall be heard in the order they are presented by the Attorney-General or his representative, and no jury or assessors shall be empanelled or selected for any such case until it has been so presented. Application 2. 219. Divided into 7 parts. 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. 0000014786 00000 n B., on the..day of.atin Western Area of Sierra Leone, maliciously set fire. 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. 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. (2) Where property is retained in court pending an appeal on application by release of summons any Judge of the Court to which an appeal has been made or in which notice of leave to appeal has been entered, may if he considers that the property is not necessary for the determination of the questions raised in the appeal order the property or any part thereof to be returned to the person who appears to him to be entitled thereto. (1) At any time during the hearing of the change the Court may, if it thinks fit, adjourn the hearing. But its judicial arm of governance was under imperial rein until at least in 1965 when the Court of Appeal of Sierra Leone was birthed pursuant to the Court Act of 1965 (Act No. 0000080634 00000 n xYlCaj0_ZqsC( OU*IyM/^OT@:qxKsbIS :EApc4N( 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. Subsection (1) of section 13 of the principal Act is hereby amended as follows, The proviso to section 16 of the principal Act is hereby amended, Subsection (1) of section 26 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the repeal of the Scale of "Fine and Period of Imprisonment" thereunder, and the replacement therefor of the following new scale, Section 29 of the principal Act is hereby amended as follows. (1) Where the accused person is not defended by counsel and state that he does not intend to call any witness as to the facts except himself, the Court shall forthwith call upon the accused to make his statement or say nothing or give evidence on oath as to the facts, and after his cross-examination (if any) he shall be permitted to address the Court if he so desires and to call any witnesses as to character. 68. Whenever it is made to appear to a Judge, by summons . Last amendment included here is the Sierra Leone Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1976, which entered into force on 26 August 1976. (1) The accused person shall be allowed to examine any witness, although not previously bound over to give evidence and shall, if he apprehends that the witness will not attend the trial voluntarily, be entitled to apply for the issue of process to compel the witness's attendance. 0000035136 00000 n Accused or defendant to be called upon to plead. (2) Such questions and the answers to them shall be recorded. 112. he, the said A. 44. (3)The deposition of each witness shall include answers given by the witness in reply to questions put to the witness in cross-examination. When the jurors are ready to be sworn, the Registrar or other officer of the Court shall address the accused person as follows. (5) The description or designation in an information or indictment of the accused or of any other person to whom reference is made therein, shall be such as is reasonably sufficient to identify him without necessarily stating his correct name, or his abode, style, degree or occupation, and if owing to the name of the person not being known, or for any other reason, it is impracticable to give such a description or designation, shall be given as is reasonably practicable in the circumstances, or such person may be described as "a person unknown". (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. 21. 1. The Local Courts (Amendment) Act, 1965 [1st October, 1965.] WHEREAS.ofhas bound himself by recognisance. 101. (2) If a person committed for trial in the Supreme Court shall not have been tried by the end of the next criminal. 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. WHEREAS..(name of offender) was on theday, of..19.convicted before me of the offence of.and. COURT OF APPEAL RULES 5 Rel. Subsection (4) of section 42 of the principal Act is hereby repealed. f.A person charged and called as a witness in pursuance of this Act shall not be asked, and if asked shall not be required to answer, any question tending to show that he has committed or been convicted of or been charged with any offence other than that wherewith he is then charged, or is of bad character, unless, i.the proof that he has committed or been convicted of such other offence is admissible evidence to show that he is guilty of the offence wherewith he is then charged; or, ii. death was this day executed in the said prison (or as the case may be), and that on such examination I found that the said.was dead. 0000001488 00000 n Part 4 provides for indictment and trial in . (2) The signature and attestation of the Judge or Magistrate by whom such statement was taken shall be sufficient. 205. Whenever it shall be necessary to form a panel of jurors to serve at any session, the Sheriff in conjunction with an officer nominated by the Judge, shall cause the names of the jurors in the list, resident at and near the district, to be written on separate cards or pieces of paper of equal size and placed in ballot boxes to be kept for that purpose, and shall draw from said boxes such number of names, as the Court may direct, of special jurors and common jurors to form a panel, and the cards or slips so drawn shall thereupon be locked up in separate boxes until the whole of the names of the jurors, except those who may have served at the last preceding session, shall be returned to the ballot boxes, and, when required the names shall be re-drawn in manner aforesaid. (2)A representative may on behalf of the corporation make a statement before the Court in answer to the charge. (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. Passed in the House of Representatives this 23rd day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixth-five. 115. 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. 23 dated 1st May, 2014 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT RINTING DEPARTMENT, SIERRA LEONE. Holders of such other offices in the public service that the Governor-General, may from time to time require to be exempted. 137. (4) If the case is one in which bail may not be taken, or if sufficient security is not given, the Court shall report to the Minister who may order the accused to be confined in a mental hospital, prison or other suitable place of safe custody, and the Court shall issue a warrant in accordance with such order. 249. 27. A. 0000001870 00000 n Having, heard the evidence do you wish to say anything in answer to the charge (or charges)? Judge only may authorize search in Post and Telegraph Offices. The Magistrate's Court shall, on committing the accused person for trial, inform him of his right to require the attendance at the trial of any such witness as aforesaid, and of the steps which he must take for the purpose of enforcing such attendance. Part 2 regulates summary trial; Part 3 preliminary investigations. WHEREAS information has been given to me upon oath of the commission or suspected or intended commission of, the offence of..(statement of offence) and it has been made to appear to me that there is reasonable cause to, suspect that..(specify the animal, matter or thing clearly) or some of them are concealed. 72. Customary law applies in the provinces 168. A person, who has been once tried for an offence and convicted or acquitted of such offence, shall not be liable to be tried against on the same facts for the same offence or any other offence of which he could have been lawfully convicted at the first trial, unless a retrial is ordered by a Court having power to do so. concerning E. F. in the form of a letter, book, pamphlet picture, or as the case may be. before the Supreme Court unless in the meantime you receive other directions as to his disposal. C h a r l e s W. L . 247. 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