(2)Where a criminal lunatic is conditionally discharged in pursuance of this Act, a report of his condition shall be made to the Minister by such person, at such times and containing such particulars as may be required by the order of discharge. (3) Property belonging to or provided for the use of any Government Establishment, service, or department, may be laid as the property of Her Majesty the Queen. (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. 7. (2) State amount in which each surety is separately bound, followed by his signature or mark. The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 124. All such amendments shall be made in such terms as shall seem to the Court to be just. 144 Sudanese Nationality Act 1994, as amended by Act No. Any person may arrest without a warrant -. 20. 2014 Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act o. N (4) In the absence of the Director-General, the Deputy . 2. DATED this.day of. 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. (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. 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. him at liberty returning this warrant with an endorsement certifying the manner of its execution. 134. The forms set out in the Second Schedule may be used in all proceedings to which they are applicable with such variations as circumstances require, and shall valid and effectual for all purposes. Pursuant to Section 121 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1965, every sentence of death shall direct that Such warrants may be delivered to constables for execution. When the accused or defendant comes before the Court on summons or warrant, or otherwise, either originally or on adjournment, then if the prosecutor, having had notice of the time and place appointed for the hearing or adjourned hearing of the charge, does not appear, the Court shall dismiss the charge, unless for some reason it thinks fit to adjourn or further adjourn the hearing. 129. 124. Share on Twitter. 157. 36. 190. (1) The substance of the charge shall be stated to the accused, or defendant and he shall be asked if he admits or denies the truth of the charge. Universal jurisdiction is one of international law's core concepts. The Literary Theory Handbook introduces students to the history and scope of literary theory, showing them how to perform literary analysis, and providing a greater understanding of the historical contexts for different theories.. A new edition of this highly successful text, which includes updated and refined chapters, and new sections on contemporary theories Passed in the House of Representatives this 5th day of October, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-five. (2)A Police Officer of or above the rank of Assistant Superintendent or the constable for the time being in charge of a Police Station is hereby authorised and empowered to take all such necessary action and do all such things as the proper and efficient execution of the provisions of this section may reasonably require. 246. Passed in the House of Representatives this 23rd day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixth-five. 19-20. 32. 216. acquit it shall be sufficient for any person to state that he has been lawfully convicted or acquitted (acquitted as the case may be) of the said offence charged in the indictment. 0000001488 00000 n 185. 26. (5) When a person is charged with obtaining any chattel, money or valuable security by false pretences with intent to defraud and it is proved that he stole the property in question, he may be convicted of stealing it although he was not charged with that offense. 66. 0000013422 00000 n 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 42. Search of place entered by person sought to be arrested. H. J. L. BOSTON, Governor-General. 88. Nothing in sections 30 and 31 shall authorise any person, other than a Judge, to grant a warrant to search for a document in the custody of the Postal or Telegraph authorities or of any Telegraph Company. 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. 230. The Adoption Act of Sierra Leone - Volume 36 Issue 1. If the accused or defendant admits the truth of the charge the Court may convict him thereof, or refuse to accept a plea of in guilty, as it thinks fit. In the.Court at. a Being an Act to establish the Sierra Leone Correction . Santigie Borbor Kanu (also known as Five-Five) (born March 1965) was a Sierra Leonean military commander in the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC). 1. The accused shall sign or attest by his mark such record. DATED this..day of. c.that such an order is otherwise expedient for the ends of Justice. 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. A.B., on the..day of..atin the Western Area of Sierra Leone, fraudulently, converted to his own use..Province or benefit certain property, that is to say, the sum of Le400 received by. 3. THE COMPANIES ACT, 2009 (ACT NO. (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. Uttering forged document, contrary to section 6 (1) (2) of the Forgery Act, 1913. 43. As a country in transition from one-party authori- In the..Court at. To.(he bailiff or other person concerned), Whereas in the matter of a charge of.preferred at the instance, of..(prosecutor) against..(accused) (defendant) it was. (2) Where such evidence in rebuttal is given, counsel for the defence shall be entitled to comment on the evidence so given. Any statement made by the accused at the preliminary investigation may be given in evidence if admissible according to the rules of evidence. B. was a servant to J. S. and the he, said A. said accused is charged with..(set out charge as described summons). Non-court dispute resolution Practice and procedure Family law reform Managing proceedings online Standard orders FPR 2010 fundamental principles and index Non-court dispute resolution Allocation and transfer Service Evidence and disclosure Parts 18 and 19 applications Appeals and judicial review Capacity and vulnerable parties The Globalization of World Politics. When a private person arrests any person under section 11 he shall deliver the person arrested, and the property, if any, taken into possession by him, as soon as may be to a constable. 236. 46. 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. 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. (1) The Minister may from time to time by order direct the transfer to a mental hospital, prison or other suitable place of safe custody of any criminal lunatic detained in any other mental hospital, prison or other suitable place of safe custody and such criminal lunatic shall accordingly be received and detained in the mental hospital, prison or other place of safe custody, to which he is so transferred. Offences by public officers abroad and offences on aircraft. (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. 10. 117. (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. And whereas the condition of the said recognisance has not been performed: Now these are to order you to pay the sum of.the amount of such recognisance. c.The wife or husband of the person charged shall not, save as in this Act mentioned, be called as a witness in pursuance of this Act except upon the application of the person so charged. During remand the Court may, nevertheless, order the accused to be brought before it. 82. the offence may enquired into and tried in any one of such Districts. 0000006176 00000 n %PDF-1.3 % (2) The keeper of a prison in which a person is confined who is desirous of taking advantage of the provisions of subsection (1) shall, on application being made to him by such prisoner, at once take him before a Court, and such Court shall certify the amount by which the period of imprisonment originally awarded is reduced by such payment in part in satisfaction, and shall make such order as is required in the circumstances. 118. Clerks and other persons employed in the Judicial and Law Officers' Departments; xvi. 133. Section 4 of the Local Courts Act is hereby amended as follows 0000073714 00000 n 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. In case of refusal may be imprisoned. (4) Coin and bank note may be described as money, and any averment as to money, so far as regards the description of property, shall be sustained by proof of any amount of coin or of any bank note, although the particular species of coin of which such amount was composed or the particular nature of the bank note shall not be proved; and in cases of embezzlement and obtaining money or bank notes by false pretences, by proof that the accused embezzled or obtained any coin or any bank note, or any portion of the value thereof, although such coin or bank note may have been delivered to him in order that some part of the value thereof should be returned to the party delivering the same, or to any other person, and such part shall have been returned accordingly. Abstract/Citation: Entitled "The Employers and Employed Ordinance" prior to independence. Magistrates' Courts have limited jurisdiction. Subsection (4) of section 42 of the principal Act is hereby repealed. before the Supreme Court unless in the meantime you receive other directions as to his disposal. (1) Where upon the arrest of a person charged with an offence any property is taken from him, the Court before which he is charged may order that the property or a part thereof be restored to the person who appears to the Court to be entitled thereto. 60. 121. 243. Return of property found on person arrested, and release of property returned in Courts. B., on the.day ofatin the Western Area of Sierra Leone, maliciously set fire to. (3) Payment or tender. 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 . the said Court sentenced to suffer death: AND WHEREAS it is in my judgment expedient that the Queen's mercy should, on the conditions hereinafter mentioned, be extended to the said. NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue and in exercise of the said powers in this behalf vested in me by the Constitution, I, do hereby in Her Majesty's name and on Her behalf grant unto the, said..Her Majesty's pardon for the offence whereof he stands so convicted as, aforesaid, on condition that the said..shall be kept imprisoned for the rest of his life/a. WHEREAS..(name of offender) was on theday, of..19.convicted before me of the offence of.and. ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT 11. Any person charged with a criminal offence not punishable by death may at the time of being committed or referred fir trial by the Supreme Court, or at any time thereafter up to two clear days at least before the trial of such person, elect to be tried by a Judge alone and if any person so elects he shall be tried by a Judge alone instead of being tried by a Judge and Jury and in every such trial by a Judge alone, the Judge shall record in writing his decisions and reasons therefore. 244. In cases where the right of reply depends upon the question whether evidence has been called for the defence, the fact that the person charged has been called as a witness shall not of itself confer on the prosecution the right of reply. Sierra Leone Legal System Outline - Njala University, School of Social Sciences and Law, Department - Studocu The Module introduces student to Sierra Leone Legal System which entails the court systems, court procedures etc. 77. "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. The principal Act is hereby amended by the addition immediately after section 48 of the following new section. 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. (3) Disqualification of jurors. Upon the appearance of the accused before the Court on summons, warrant or otherwise, the Court shall cause the substance of the charge against the accused to be stated to him and the accused shall not be required to make any reply thereto; if any such reply is made it shall not be recorded by the Court. 221. Freetown, Sierra Leone THE INITIATIVES AND PRACTICES OF SIERRA LEONE'S PREVENTIVE ANTI-CORRUPTION BODIES AS PER ARTICLE 6 OF THE UNCAC 1. 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. Where a person is convicted of any felony or misdemeanour or any offence punishable by imprisonment (other than an offence for which the sentence is fixed by law) the Court may, in its discretion, sentence him to a fine in addition to or in lieu of any other punishment to which he is liable. 188. purporting to be the will of C. D., knowing the same to be forged and with intent to defraud. General provisions as to informations and charges. 10. b.the amount in which they and the person for whose arrest the warrant is issued are to be respectively bound; c.the Court before which the person arrested it to attend; and. 160. Persons charged with burglary, etc., may be convicted of kindred offence. (2) If the accused states that he has witnesses to call but they are not present, the Court may, under the circumstances set forth in section 117, take the steps therein mentioned to compel their attendance. 1. If any person acting under a warrant of arrest, or any constable having authority to arrest, has reason to believe that the person to be arrested has entered into or is within any place, the person residing in or being in charge of such place, shall on demand of the person so acting or such constable, allow him free entry thereto and afford all reasonable facilities for a search therein. (1) In this Part the expression "representative" in relation to a corporation means a person duly appointed by the corporation to represent it for the purpose of doing any act or thing by which the representative of a corporation is by this Part authorised to do, but a person so appointed shall not by virtue only of being so appointed, be qualified to act on behalf of the corporation before any Court for any other purpose. 226. 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'. Paragraph (xii) of section 78 of the Prisons Act, 1961, is hereby amended. (2) If such person forcibly resists the endeavour to arrest him, or attempts to evade the arrest, such constable or other person may use sufficient force to effect the arrest but no more. Having, heard the evidence do you wish to say anything in answer to the charge (or charges)? 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