sierra leone court act, 1965 pdf

131. A. 251. 165. So soon as conveniently may be after the sentence of death has been pronounced, the presiding Judge shall forward to the Governor0General through the Prime Minister a copy of the finding and sentence, and of his notes of evidence taken at the trial, with a report in writing signed by him containing any recommendations or observations on the case which he thinks fit to make. We hereby jointly and severally declare ourselves sureties for the said (name of, accused) that he will attend the..Court on every day of the preliminary, 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. 95. Submit. custody together with this warrant, and there to carry the aforesaid sentence into execution according to law. b.by way of compensation or otherwise under sections 54 or 60. the Court may either order immediate payment, or allow time for payment, or direct payment to be made by instalments. (2) If it is made to appear to any Court, by information on oath, that any person bound by recognizance is about to go out of Sierra Leone, the Court may cause him to be arrested and may commit him to prison until the trial, unless the Court shall see fit to admit him to bail upon further recognizance. (2)The Principal Immigration Officer shall during the first week of August in each year furnish the Senior Police Magistrate in Freetown, with a list of names of all aliens known to him to be resident in the Western Area. A. A. a)by the insertion immediately after the word "Court" in line one of subsection (5) of the words "in a civil case or matter"; b)by the substitution for the words "if the convicted person (or in a civil case, either of the parties)" in lines one and two of subsection (6) of the words "if in a civil case, either of the parties". I plead guilty to the above written charge. Section 4 of the Local Courts Act is hereby amended as follows. B., on the..day of.atin Western Area of Sierra Leone, maliciously set fire. (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. 0000009278 00000 n Certificate required by section 141, Criminal Procedure Act 1965. 191. The Residual Special Court was established pursuant to an agreement signed between the United Nations and the Government of Sierra Leone on 11 August 2010. that an accused person committed to the Supreme Court for trial instead of being tried at the place where he would but for the order have been tried, be tried by the Supreme Court at such other place as may be specified in the order. (1) In making an arrest the constable or other person making the same shall actually touch or confine the body of the person to be arrested, unless there be a submission to the custody by word or action. [ ] ENACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this 9. Control of Attorney-General over Criminal Proceedings. 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. 53. d.the time at which he is to attend before the Court including an undertaking to appear at such subsequent times as may be directed by the Court. 0000003948 00000 n 0000001151 00000 n Being An Act to Consolidate and Amend the Law Relating to Criminal Procedure. 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. When constable may arrest without warrant. 66. 77. Immediately after the accuses shall so have had opportunity of making his answer to the charge, the Court shall ask him whether he desires to give evidence on his own behalf and whether he desires to call any witnesses, and the evidence of the accused together with the depositions of such witnesses as the accused shall call, and who shall appear on his behalf, shall then be taken in like manner as in the case of the witnesses for the prosecution. PART VI - EXECUTION OF SENTENCES CAPITAL SENTENCES. .fine or any part thereof: Now these are to command you to receive the saidInto your custody together with this, warrant, and him safely to keep in the said prison for the said period of.unless the said. 118. 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. (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. 242. 59. (3) Such person may pay or tender to the officer having the execution of the warrant the sum therein mentioned together with the amount of the expenses of the distress up to the time of payment or tender, and thereupon the officer shall cease to execute the same. 159. (2)The Court, may if it thinks fit, and on the application of the accused person shall, summon and examine such deponent as to the subject matter of his deposition. Whereas.(name of accused) of(address) has been committed for, trial by the..Court ofstands charged before the on a charge of. (2) The following persons shall be charged and tried together, namely. 143. (statement of offence). 90. WHEREAS(name) is now lying ill/hurt at(address) and is not expected to recover: And whereas it is expedient that(name), a prisoner now in your custody, should be present. 0000073714 00000 n according to law may be dealt with in Sierra Leone, the offence may, subject to the provisions of section 53, be enquired into and tried at any place in Sierra Leone to which the accused person is first brought or to which he may taken thereafter. (10) Every indictment shall bear date on the day when the same is signed and With such modifications as shall be necessary to adopt it to the circumstances of each case, may commence in the following form:-, IN THE SUPREME COURT OF SIERRA LEONE The..day of 19. (1) When the verdict of the jury is unanimous the Judge shall give judgment in accordance with that verdict. The African Elephant Conservation Act Central Africa has been a major focus of technical and financial support through AfECF. 0000016227 00000 n Contents of petition . 199. General provisions as to informations and charges. (2) Where an indictment is so amended, a note of the order for amendment shall be endorsed on the indictment, and the indictment shall be treated for the purposes of all proceedings in connection therewith as having been filed in the amended form. Privilege of persons committed for trial. in Province from S. p. five yards of cloth by falsely pretending that he, the said A. The Sheriff, before the sitting of any Court whereat a jury shall be necessary, shall, on receiving from the Court a precept, issue summonses requiring the attendance thereat of the persons so drawn as aforesaid from the ballot box, and every such summons shall be personally served upon, or left at the usual or last known place of residence of the person so summoned, two clear days, or such other time as the Court may direct, before the day appointed for the sitting of the Court. 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. 10 Local Courts Act 2011 Short title. (2) A recognisance so taken shall be of full and equal obligation on the parties entering into the same, and liable to all proceedings for the forfeiture and levy of recognisances provided by section 129. (1) A corporation may be charged either alone or jointly with another person with an offence triable on indictment or triable summarily before a Magistrate's Court. 133. (1) Qualifications of jurors. exceeding twelve months and the Court by whom such person is convicted shall c.that such an order is otherwise expedient for the ends of Justice. 88. In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires- 45. (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. Sierra Leone, enacting jurisdiction. (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. . (3) If the case is one in which bail may not be taken, the Court shall release the accused or the defendant on sufficient security being given that he shall be properly taken care of and shall be prevented from doing injury to himself or to any person or property, and for his appearance before the Court or such officer as the court may appoint in that behalf. at the time of making the declaration believed himself to be in danger of approaching death although he may have entertained at the time of making it, hopes of recovery. Power to search for strangers in Diamond Protection Areas. The Laws of Sierra Leone on the Sierra Leone Web. Return of property found on person arrested, and release of property returned in Courts. 150. a.anything upon or in respect of which any offence has been or is suspected have been committed; b.anything which there is reasonable ground for believing will afford evidence as to the commission of any such offence, may at any time issue a warrant under his hand authorising any constable or other person named therein to enter any constable or other person named therein to enter any such building, vessel, vehicle, receptacle or place (which shall be named in the warrant) if necessary by force and to search the same and every person found therein and if anything searched for be found, to seize the same and arrest the occupier or owner of the said building, vessel, vehicle, receptacle or place if the Magistrate of Justice of the Peace thinks fit so to direct. 6. 24. 65. When the Court orders money to be paid by a person convicted upon summary conviction for a fine or penalty, and. PRESERVATION OF TESTIMONY IN CERTAIN CASE. If he refuses, the Court shall add a note of his refusal and the statement may be used as if he had signed or attested it. WHEREAS.(name) is lying ill/hurt at(address) and is not likely to recover, and, whereas it appears to me that the saidis able and willing to give material, information relating to the offence of.(statement of offence) alleged to have been committed, Now, therefore, take notice that I propose to take in writing and upon oath or affirmation the statement of the said. 144. In proceedings to which no such forms are applicable the Master of the Supreme Court may, with the approval of the Chief Justice, from time to time frame the forms required and such forms shall be published in the. 51. QUALIFICATIONS OF JURORS AND PREPARATION OF JURORS' LIST. The Governor-General's Order shall be sent to the Sheriff, and the Sheriff shall act in accordance therewith. 31. 36. (2)The whole of the statement of the accused shall be recorded in full, and shall be shown or read to the accused, and he shall be at liberty to explain or add to his statement. 188. It does not, though, regulate the use of force by the Sierra Leone Police Force beyond the provision in Section 16(2) cited above. 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]. When there is a conflict of evidence, the Court shall consider the evidence to be sufficient to put the accused on his trial if the evidence against him is such as, if uncontradicted, would raise a probable presumption of his guilt, notwithstanding that it is contradicted in material points by evidence in favour of the accused, unless the Court, for reasons recorded on the minutes, shall see fit to deviate from this provision. ORDER 9 PETITIONS-GENERAL PROVISIONS 1. (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. 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. Conditions precedent to trial of foreigners for offences committed in territorial sea. The Local Courts (Amendment) Act, 1965 [1st October, 1965.] Sierra Leone Gazette Supplement: Acts, 1965-10-21, No. Copy of indictment and notice of trial to be delivered to Sheriff. 0000010728 00000 n DECLARATION OF EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT OF DEATH, We, the undersigned hereby declare that judgment of death was this day executed onin. 136. 148. SCOPE The death penalty can be imposed for the following civil and military crimes: Treason and related offences under the Treason and State Offences Act 1963; Murder under the English common law and section 121 of the CPA No 32 of When a person is charged with robbery and it is proved that he committed an assault with intent to rob, he may be acquitted of robbery and convicted of an assault with intent to rob although he was not charged with that offence. (2) In a trial otherwise than upon indictment for murder or manslaughter where the cause of death of a deceased person comes into question, the declaration of the deceased 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 deceased at the time of making the declaration believed himself to be in danger of approaching death although he may have entertained at the time of making it, hopes of recovery. Procedure to be followed where accused is undefended. (2)A count of an information or indictment shall commence with a statement of the offence charged, called the statement of offence. Judge only may authorize search in Post and Telegraph Offices. 55. (1) The provisions of section 145 shall not deprive a person of his rights under section 144 to change his election and a person who has elected to be tried by a Judge alone may afterwards elect to be tried by the Court with aid of assessors if he changes his election before the time allowed by that section has expired, otherwise his change of election shall have no effect; and in the case of persons who are charged jointly, if they have all elected in accordance with section 145 to be tried by a Judge alone, they shall be so tried unless they all change their election in accordance with this section. 2. (6) When two or more persons are charged with jointly receiving any property, and it is proved that one or more of such persons separately received any part of such property, such of the said persons as are proved to have received any part of such property may be convicted upon such charge. 184. 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. ii. (3)A licence may at any time be revoked or varied by the Governor-General and where a licence has been revoked, the persons to whom the licence related shall return to such place as the Governor-General may direct, and if he fails to do so, may be apprehended without warrant and taken to that place. 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. 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. This is an unofficial consolidation. 0000005510 00000 n 68. 149. B. was a servant to J. S. and the he, said A. Part 4 provides for indictment and trial in . Proceedings in a Preliminary Investigation when Case for the Prosecution is closed. (2) It shall not be necessary, in any count charging an offence constituted by an enactment, to negative any exception. 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. 246. 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. These Rules may be cited as the Criminal Procedure Rules. 140. Exemption of districts from returning jurors. to a dwelling house, one F. G. being therein. In the..Court at. To..(name) of(address), WHEREAS on the..day of19., you as principal party/surety entered, into a recognisance conditioned as follows---. Sierra Leone Web; Human Rights Commission; Special Court of Sierra Leone; Law Reform Commission; Law Commons - Journal Articles; LawCite; Sierra Leone Parliament; Other African Law. Resumption of trial or investigation. (7) Subject to any other provisions of these rules, it shall be sufficient describe any place, thing, matter, act or omission whatsoever to which it is necessary to refer in any information or indictment on ordinary language in such a manner as to indicate with reasonable clearness the place, time, thing, matter, act omission referred to. 242. It shall not be necessary in any case to keep the jury together during any adjournment previous to the close of the Judge's summing up, but it shall be lawful for the Court, if it should appear to it to be advisable in the interest of justice on any trial to require the jury to be kept together during any adjournment. : AND WHEREAS(name of prisoner) was on theday of 19.convicted before the.Court at..of murder and was thereupon by. concerning E. F. in the form of a letter, book, pamphlet picture, or as the case may be. 222. Whenever the jury is discharged, the accused person shall be detained in custody or released on bail, as the case may be, and shall be tried by another jury. DATED this..day of. S. 155(1), 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone. (4)The search warrant shall be executed by the constable or other person who shall have charge thereof; but he may be accompanied by any other persons necessary to assist him. I, (name of accused) of..(address), being brought before, the(Magistrate) atcharged with the, Offence ofand required to give security for my attendance in his Court, and at the Supreme Court, if required, do bind myself to attend at the Court of the said, (Magistrate) on everyday of the preliminary investigation into the said charge and, should. (2)Such warrant of commitment shall name the day, time and place at which the accused is to appear before the Supreme Court in answer to the indictment preferred against him but the committal for trial shall not be invalidated by reason only of a failure to comply with this subsection. said trial, unless he sooner enters into such recognisance or unless by an order of this Court or of the Supreme Court are commanded sooner to release him. 30. Recovery of damages, etc., as a judgement debt. 247. ordered.(set out the order made). 33. (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. 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. authority for the detention of such person. Every indictment, when signed, shall be filed in the Supreme Court. e.A person charged and being a witness in pursuance of this Act may be asked any question in cross-examination, notwithstanding that it would tend to criminate him as to the offence charged. Similar Judgments. b.the offender is not present on the occasion of the conviction. (3)Any sentences of imprisonment passed under subsection (1) shall be deemed to commence from the date of arrest. 246. 188. 0000007848 00000 n (1) At any time during the hearing of the change the Court may, if it thinks fit, adjourn the hearing. (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. No person shall be exempted from serving as a common juror by reason of being marked as a special juror. In any information or indictment against any person in which evidence of the previous conviction, or acquittal of such person for any offence is relevant to the issue, a certificate containing the substance and effect only (omitting. The names of jurors, who shall be dead, disqualified, or no longer resident in the district, shall be passed over by the Sheriff in forming a panel. Passed in the House of Representatives this 5th day of October, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-five. 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