(Public Seal) Governor. (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. Submit. 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. Procuring obscene libel (or thing) with intent to sell or publish. 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. 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'. 103. When the jurors are ready to be sworn, the Registrar or other officer of the Court shall address the accused person as follows. 249. It turns out that an overwhelming majority of Sierra Leoneans oppose higher taxes, even though it is widely agreed that public service provision is very poor in the country. The Court may, in any circumstances in which the Court has power upon summary conviction to issue a warrant of commitment to prison in respect of the non- payment of a fine or penalty, in lieu of issuing such warrant, issue a warrant of detention in a police station, and unless the sum mentioned in the warrant, with the amount of expenses therein authorised (if any), is sooner paid to the constable holding the warrant, the warrant shall authorise any constable to convey the person named therein to any convenient police station and for that purpose to arrest him, and shall authorise the officer in charge of any police station to detain him there till the hour of eight in the morning on the day following that on which he is arrested under the warrant or, if he is so arrested between mid-night and eight in the morning on any day, on that day: Provided that the officer in charge of the police station in which a person is detained under this section may discharge him at any time within two hours before the hour of eight in the morning if the officer thinks it expedient so to do in order to enable him to go to his employment or for any other reason appearing to the officer to be sufficient. b)by the insertion immediately after the word "of' in the third line of subsection (3) thereof of the words "not more than". Statement of Offence Damaging trees, contrary to section 22 of the Malicious Damage Act, 1861. (4) ) If a constable is assaulted or obstructed when making any arrest, it shall be the duty of any private person, on whom he may call for aid, to go to his assistance. Sets forth provisions relating to the formation and . 102. 164. Additional witnesses for the defence. Whenever any preliminary investigation or trial is postponed under sections 71 or 134, the Court may at any time resume the preliminary investigation or trial and require the accused to appear or be brought before such court, when, if the court considers him capable of making his defence, the preliminary investigation or trial shall proceed, but if the Court considers the accused to be still incapable of making his defence, the accused shall be dealt with as though the preliminary investigation or trial had not been resumed. 88. Part 2 regulates summary trial; Part 3 preliminary investigations. Each list so prepared and delivered as aforesaid shall constitute the jurors' list for the district for which the same has been prepared, and shall come into operation on the first day of January in the next following year. Fines, detention in police station in lieu of imprisonment. 0000005732 00000 n 116. Address by Registrar to accused before jurors are sworn. 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WHEREAS on theday of19 .(name of prisoner) was convicted before me of the offence. (3)The statement shall not thereby become evidence of any facts alleged therein but the Judge and jury may take it into account in judging the credibility of the witness on his evidence as a whole and the prosecution and defence shall be entitled to refer to it in examining or cross-examining any witness and in addressing the Court. 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. 78. Condemned person to be informed of his right to appeal. B. had the been sent by the said J. S. to S. P. for the said cloth, and that he, the said A. 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. 85. In the Case - SLAJ vs The State of Sierra Leone, the journalists' association argued that Part V of the 1965 Public Order Act contravenes Section 25(1) of Act No 6 of the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone. 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. General authority of Courts to bring accused persons before them. 58. Part 4 provides for indictment and trial in . 182. (4)For the purposes of this section, any appeal from any determination in any criminal proceedings before any court, or any case stated or question of law reserved, for the purposes of any such proceedings, to any other court shall be deemed part of those proceedings. 1960 (SLE-1960-L-28611) Employers and Employed Act (Chapter 212) [consolidated to 1960] 182. Expenses of conveyance to prison .. The warrant of such first named Court shall be sufficient authority to the keeper of any prison appointed for the custody of prisoners committed for trial, although out of the jurisdiction of such Court. Control of Attorney-General over Criminal Proceedings. (3)Should the true name and place of residence of that person be not ascertained within twenty-four hours from the time of arrest, or should he fail to execute the bond, or if so required, to furnish sufficient sureties, he shall forthwith be brought before the nearest Court having jurisdiction. 195. [9[,I`xs 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. 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. proof of any deposition or 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. 25 dated 31st May, 2007 ii. The Court shall inform every person condemned to death of the period within which, if he desires to appeal, his notice of appeal or of his application for leave to appeal must be given. 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. H.J.L. The managers and cashiers of any Banks but so that not more than four persons from any one branch of each bank shall be so exempted; xv. (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) For the purposes of this section the expression "sessions" does not include any sessions designated by the Chief Justice as a special sessions. 0000007825 00000 n wherein you were bound, and further to give you notice that if within six days of the date of service of this order and notice upon you, you fail to pay the said sum the same may be recovered in manner prescribed by distress and sale of your goods and chattels, and in default of the amount being so recovered you may be imprisoned for a period up to days. 168. 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