A person to be tried on any indictment shall be placed at the bar unfettered, unless the Court shall see cause otherwise to order, and the indictment or charge shall be read over to him by the Registrar or other officer of the Court, and explained if need be by the officer or the interpreter of the Court, and such person shall be required forthwith to plead thereto, unless where the person is entitled to service of a copy of the indictment, he shall object to the want of such service, and the Court shall find that he has not been duly served therewith. 192. Where it appears to the Court that a charge is malicious, frivolous or vexatious, the Court may order the prosecutor to pay all or any specified part of the expenses of the prosecution or of the defence. 0000005732 00000 n
WHEREAS..(name of criminal lunatic) being charged before the, Court with the offence ofwas this day by special finding found to be, Now these are to authorise you to received the said..into your custody and safely to keep, WHEREAS.(name of accused), being charged before, the..Court atwith the offence, of.was by special finding the said Court to be not guilty of the act or, Now, therefore, I.the Minister responsible for Social Welfare, do hereby order the, said..of.to be confined in the mental. that an accused person committed to the Supreme Court or trial; iii. the clerk of the Court shall as soon as may be thereafter deliver to that person, or send by post addressed to him at his last or usual place of residence, a notice in writing stating the amount of the penalty, the date on or before which payment thereof is required, and the place or places and times at which payment may be made, and if payment by instalments is directed, particulars of the instalments. If any assessor unable to attend, trial may proceed. Upon every such trial the decision of the Judge, with the aid of the assessors, as to all matters arising thereupon, which in the case of a trial by jury would be left to the decision of the jurors, shall have the same force and effect as the finding or verdict effects as finding of a jury thereon. b)by the substitution for the words "six months" in lines two and three thereof of the words "one yeaf'. Competency of person charged and husband or wife of person charged to give evidence. (3)If the defence does not employ counsel, the Court shall, at the close of the examination of each witness for the prosecution, ask the accused or the defendant whether he wishes to put any questions to that witness. 236. In the event of the accused giving his consent to the case being dealt with summarily, the Court shall call upon him to plead to the information, and forthwith inform him of his right to recall all or any of the witnesses for the prosecution, who shall have been heard, and to subject them to any further cross-examination. [9[,I`xs 96. (4) Where, before trial upon indictment or at any stage of such trial, the Court is of opinion that the postponement of the trial of the accused is expedient as a consequence of the exercise of any power of the Court under this Act, the Court shall make such order as to the postponement of the trials as appears necessary. Prosecutor and witnesses may be required to enter into recognisances. 7. (name) of(address). 234. ..(animal, matter or thing) be found. A Magistrate may, if he is compelled to interrupt the conduct of a preliminary investigation by sickness, absence or other sufficient cause, appoint a deputy in writing under his hand, and such deputy shall, for the purpose of subsections (1) and (2) of section 113 (but in respect of the power to remand only), have the like powers as if he were the Magistrate. 101. 249. 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. B. was then authorized by the said J.S. (2) Whenever any such building, vessel, vehicle, receptacle or other place is closed, any person residing in or being in charge of the building, vessel, vehicle, receptacle or place shall on the demand of the constable or other person executing the search warrant, allow him free entry thereto and afford all reasonable facilities for a search therein. (1) After the examination of the witnesses called on behalf of the prosecution, and provided that the Court does not consider that the case should be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of section 118, the Court shall address the accused as follows, "The charge (or charges) is (or are).(read the charge or charges). The Native Administrative court, also known as local court of Sierra Leone, derives its authority from the Local Courts Act, 1963; the Courts Act, 1965 and Section 170 of the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone which deals with the laws of Sierra Leone. Application 2. But if afterwards, from want of sufficient evidence or other cause, the accused is discharged, the Court shall order that the person imprisoned for so refusing be also discharged. In case of refusal may be imprisoned. 193. 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. 108. 224. Sentence of death shall not be pronounced or recorded against a person convicted of any offence if it appears to the Court that at the time when the offence was committed he was under the age of eighteen years; but in lieu thereof the court shall sentence him to be detained during Her Majesty's pleasure and if so sentenced, he shall be liable to be detained in such place and under such conditions as the Governor-General may direct, and whilst so detained shall be deem to be in legal custody. (1) Every warrant of arrest shall be under the hand of the Judge, Magistrate or Justice of the Peace issuing it. 216. 129. B, well knowing that one H. C. did on the..day Western Area..of..at.in the, .Province of Sierra Leone murder C. D., did on the.Day ofat..in the West Area, of Sierra Leone and onProvince. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 44 and 45 when a Director of Public Prosecutions shall have been appointed, he shall have power in any case in which he considers it desirable so to do. (4)The Establishment Secretary shall before the end of August in each year submit to the Senior Police Magistrate, Freetown, a list of all office-holders who have been exempted under item (xvi) of subsection (2) of section 151. (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. At(place) at. (2)Except where express provision is made to the contrary, every sentence shall be deemed to commence from, and to include the whole of the day of the date on which it was pronounced. 2. Information requested from States parties in relation to mandates of anticorruption body or bodies in respect of prevention Please describe the measures you have taken to implement art. 136. 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. The Act, which came into effect on 1 January 2022, inter alia reduced the income tax rate for mineral and petroleum operations from 30% to 25% thereby adjusting the rate to match the standard corporate tax rate. (6)where an information or indictment contains more than one count, the counts shall be numbered consecutively. 139. (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. Robbery with aggravation - Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act 1973. to a dwelling house, one F. G. being therein. Copy of indictment and notice of trial to be delivered to Sheriff. (2)Any Orders, Regulations or other instruments made under the Criminal Procedure Act, hereby repealed, shall remain in force and be deemed to have been made under the corresponding provisions of this Act until such time as the same may be amended, revoked, repealed or replaced by Orders or Regulations made under the provisions of this Act. B., on the..day of.atin Western Area of Sierra Leone, maliciously set fire. WHEREAS on theday of19 .(name of prisoner) was convicted before me of the offence. 69. (4)Any person who shall refuse to submit to the taking and recording of his photographs, measurements, thumbprints or fingerprints shall be taken before a Magistrate who, on being satisfied that such person has been prosecuted and charged before any court with an offence involving fraud, dishonesty or violence or is reasonably suspected of having made a thumbprint or fingerprint likely to become an exhibit in a criminal case, shall make such order as he thinks fit, authorising a constable to take the measurements, photographs, thumbprints and fingerprints of such person. The Governor-General may make rules to be observed on the execution of a judgment of death, for the purposes, of guarding against any abuse in such execution and giving greater solemnity to the same, and of making known without the prison walls that such execution is taking and has taken place. All such amendment shall be made upon such term as the Court shall seem just. 218. (2) The Minister may by order absolutely discharge any criminal lunatic and may also discharge any criminal lunatic conditionally, that is to say, on such conditions as to the duration of such discharge and otherwise as the Minister may think fit. (2) The Court shall record the exact words of the answer to the charge made by the accused or defendant and if such answer does not consist merely of the words "guilty" or "not guilty", as the case may be the Court shall record its interpretation of such answer and whether in the opinion of the Court it amounts to a plea of guilty or not guilty as the case may be. (2) If a person is charged with an attempt to commit an offence and the evidence establishes the commission of the full offence, the accused or defendant may not be convicted of the full offence but may nevertheless be convicted of. 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. 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