49. 125. Sealing orders, warrants, etc., not generally necessary. (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. Now these are to command you to arrest the saidAnd to bring him before me. on theday ofand on divers days between That day andday, ofatin the Western Area Province of Sierra Leone, conspired together with intent to defraud by. the formal part) of the information or indictment and conviction or acquittal for such offence, purporting to be signed by the officer having the custody of the records of the Court where the offender was convicted or acquitted, or by his deputy, shall, upon proof of the identity of the person convicted or acquitted be sufficient evidence of the said conviction or acquittal without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the same. 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. sl-government-gazette-dated-2022-02-03-no-5.pdf Sierra Leone Government Gazette dated 2022-01-27 number 4. sl-government-gazette-dated-2022-01-27-no-4.pdf 196. 202. 21. 7. In the.Court at. To..(name of prosecutor or witness) of.(address), Take notice that you are bound in the sum of..leones to appear at the, ..sessions of the Supreme Court to be holden atand unless you personally make. 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. Corporate author : International Scientific Committee for the drafting of a General History of Africa Person as author : Ki-Zerbo, Joseph [editor] (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. the(describe prison or place) in our presence. If any person stands mute or refuses, or by reason of infirmity is unable to answer directly to the indictment the Court shall, unless it has reason to believe that such person is of unsound mind and consequently incapable of making his defence, order the Registrar to enter a plea of not guilty on behalf of such person, and the plea so entered shall have the same force and effect as if such person had actually pleaded the same; but if the Court has reason to believe as aforesaid, it shall proceed in the manner prescribed in section 71. 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. 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. (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. General authority of Courts to bring accused persons before them. During an adjournment the Court may in its discretion, according to the nature and circumstances of each case and subject to the provision of section 79, either suffer the accused or defendant to go at large or commit him by warrant to such prison or other place of security, or to such other safe custody as the Court thinks fit, or may discharge him on his entering into a recognizance with or without a surety or sureties. 23. 233. (2)Where the accused is defended by counsel who states that he intends to call witnesses as to the facts other than the accused, the Court shall call upon the accused's counsel to open his case and shall then require the accused, if he so desires, to make his own unsworn statement or give his evidence on oath, as the case may be, and thereafter to call his witnesses (including witnesses as to character). 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. Interpretation against the a accused and shall call witnesses and adduce evidence in support of the charge. 178. 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. In Sierra Leone , the right to bail in criminal proceedings is guaranteed under Admission to Bail in the Criminal Procedure Act of 1965. 5. 29 of 1965). Challenge for cause shall be allowed on any of the following grounds. (1) Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the jury shall return a verdict on all charges on which the accused is tried, and the Judge may ask them such questions as are necessary to ascertain what their verdict is. Where the defendant does not appear personally and pleads guilty in writing under section 21, the Court may proceed to conviction notwithstanding the absence of the prosecutor. (3)If entry into the building, vessel, vehicle, receptacle or place cannot be so obtained, the constable or other person executing the search warrant may, if the warrant empowers him so to do, enter forcibly, or break-open such building, vessel, vehicle, receptacle or other place. In the..Court at. To..(keeper of Prison or constable). 121. [ ] ENACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this Evidence of person married otherwise than by Civil or Mohammedan Marriage. 231. (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) A corporation that is convicted of an offence is liable, in lieu of any imprisonment that is prescribed as the punishment for that offence, or where no fine is Prescribed, a.to be fined in an amount that is in the discretion of the Court where the offence is triable on indictment; or. 41. (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. (3)Any document purporting to be an original report under the hand of a person gazetted as an examining officer. 198. 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 period ofunless the sum of, ..(as set out at the foot hereof) be sooner paid, and on the receipt thereof forthwith to set. 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 said Section states, amongst others, that the laws of Sierra Leone shall comprise "rules . 225. All arrested persons to be brought before a Court without delay. 87. 90. 184. (1) The Court shall then in the presence of the accused take the statements on oath of the witnesses of the prosecution and put such statements into writing (hereinafter referred to as "depositions"). 65. in the case of a public officer, the Establishment Secretary. 206. 219. 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. 115. 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. No person shall be tried before a national court of Sierra Leone for acts for which he or she has already been tried by the Special Court. DATED this.day of..19 RECOGNISANCE BOOK KEPT AT THE POLICE STATION (OR LOCKUP) AT, (1) State time and place at which accused (recognisor) is to appear before the Magistrate and the sum in which he is bound followed by his. 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(1) Every information or indictment shall contain, and shall be sufficient if it contains, a statement of the specific offence or offences with which the accused is charged, together with such particulars as may be necessary for giving reasonable information as to the nature of the charge. (1) If at any time or place appointed by summons or on the adjournment of a hearing once begun the defendant does not appear, and if, in the former case, service of the summons on the defendant a reasonable time before the time for his appearance as aforesaid is duly proved, the Court may, if it thinks fit and where the charge is not one of felony, proceed with the hearing, and may convict the defendant in his absence, or refrain from doing so until he shall be brought before it. 142. : AND WHEREAS(name of prisoner) was on theday of 19.convicted before the.Court at..of murder and was thereupon by. (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. (3)Variance between the information and the evidence adduced in support of it with respect to the time at which the alleged offence was committed is not material, if it is proved that the information was in fact made within the time, if any, limited by law for the making thereof. THE COMPANIES ACT, 2009 (ACT NO. Image. Search without a warrant in cases where articles are being conveyed, etc. 200. 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. 46. Holders of such other offices in the public service that the Governor-General, may from time to time require to be exempted. a.that some question of law is likely to arise, which it is desirable should be decided by the Supreme Court; b.that an order under this section will tend to the general convenience of the parties or witnesses; or. Interpretation. When by accident or mistake a wrong verdict is delivered the jury may, before or immediately after it is recorded, amend the verdict, and it shall as ultimately amended. 45. in order that. DECLARATION OF EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT OF DEATH, We, the undersigned hereby declare that judgment of death was this day executed onin. Other days thereafter receive, comfort, harbour, assist and maintain the said H. C. Statement of Offence Robbery with violence, contrary to section 23 (1) (b) of the Larceny Act, 1916. 0000006358 00000 n
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