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 In theCourt at. To..(name and designation of person or persons who is or are to, Whereas..(name of accused) ofAddress stands charged with the, offence of(Statement of offence). 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. (5)Where any person is charged jointly with a corporation with an offence triable on indictment and either that person or the corporation by its representative does not consent that the offence should be dealt with summarily in pursuance of section 6 of the Courts Act, 1965, the Court shall not have power to deal summarily with the offence in the case of the other offender. return you this order to me endorsed with what you have done therein. sessions but one after the sessions to which he was originally committed he shall on his application made on the last day of such first mentioned sessions be acquitted and discharged, unless the Court sees good reason to the contrary . For the purposes of this subsection the expression "examining officer", "motor vehicle" and "trailer" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them under the Road Traffic Act, 1964. 61. 10. QUALIFICATIONS OF JURORS AND PREPARATIONS OF JURORS' LIST. 14. Any person charged with a criminal offence at any session of the Supreme Court shall, a.if such criminal offence is punishable by death be tried by the court with a jury consisting of twelve men; or, b. (1) Where an enactment constituting an offence states the offence to be the doing or the omission to do any one of any different acts in the alternative, or the doing or the omission to any act in any one of any different capacities, or with any one of any different intentions, or states any part of the offence in the alternative, the acts, omissions, capacities or intentions, or other matters stated in the alternative in the enactment, may be stated in the alternative in the count charging the offence. When a warrant is directed to more officers or persons than one it may be executed by all or by any one or more of them. Procedure where entry not obtainable. Whenever it appears to any Court that any person dangerously ill or hurt, and not likely to recover, is able and willing to give material information relating to any offence, and it shall not be practicable to take the depositions of the person so ill or hurt . sentenced/ordered to pay a fine/penalty of. AND WHEREAS default having been made in payment a warrant of distress has been issued, but no return has yet been made thereto: Now these are to command you to receive into your custody the saidand safely to keep him until, the..day of.19..when you shall produce him before this Court, atm unless the said sum ofbe sooner paid, on receipt of which. When the only witness to the facts of the case called by the defence is the person charged, he shall be called as a witness immediately after the close of the evidence for the prosecution. (3) Payment or tender. 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. 212. 231. 60. 64. A warrant shall not be issued in the first instance, unless the Information is in writing and on the oath of the person laying the same or of some witness in that behalf: Provided that a Justice of the Peace may issue a warrant upon an unsworn information if there is no Judge or Magistrate available within the area of jurisdiction of the Magistrate's Court having jurisdiction in the area and the person applying for the warrant makes a statutory declaration that to the best of his knowledge and belief no Judge or Magistrate is available within that area. (1) If from the absence of a witness, or from any other reasonable cause recorded in the minutes the Court considers it advisable to adjourn the preliminary investigation and the accused is not admitted to bail, the Court may, by warrant, from time to time, remand the accused for a reasonable time, not exceeding eight clear days at any one time, to some prison or other place of security. (1) At any time before, or during the course of the trial, the police may, at the request of the accused, deliver to him a copy of a statement taken by them from any person who is either listed in the depositions or in any summary of evidence referred to in section 188 or is actually called as a witness. 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. (2) After such period as the Judge considers reasonable the jury may deliver their verdict, or state that they are not unanimous. 0000016227 00000 n
In default of the recovery of the fine by such distress and sale, the person fined may be imprisoned for a period not exceeding two weeks. 126. 241. 0000001870 00000 n
(4)Where an amendment of an information is made under subsection (1) or where there is a variation between the information and the evidence as described in subsection (3), the Court shall, if it is of opinion that the accused or defendant has been thereby deceived or embarrassed, allow any witness to be recalled and further questioned upon any matters relevant to the amended or varied charge and the Court may adjourn the trial for such period as may be reasonably necessary. 90. 163. 225. 101. 112. 52. 62. 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. (2) The signature and attestation of the Judge or Magistrate by whom such statement was taken shall be sufficient prima facie proof of any 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. Whenever a Magistrate's Court issues a summons in respect of any offence other than a felony, it may if it sees reason to do so, and shall when the offence with which the defendant is charged is punishable only by a fine or by imprisonment not exceeding three months (whether with or without a fine) dispense with the personal attendance of the defendant, provided that he pleads guilty in writing or is represented by a legal practitioner. 203. Passed in the House of Representatives this 5th day of October, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-five. 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. (2)If the remand is for not more than three clear days, the Court may by word of mouth, order the officer or person in whose custody the accused is, or any other fit officer or person, to continue to keep the accused in his custody, and to bring him up at the time appointed for the commencement or continuance of the said investigation. (name) of(address). Except where the person arrested is in the actual course of the commission of a crime or is pursued immediately after escape from lawful custody, the constable or other person making the arrest shall inform the person arrested of the cause of the arrest, and if the constable or other person is acting under the authority of a warrant, shall notify the substance thereof to the person to be arrested, and if so required shall show him the warrant. 242. (2)A representative may on behalf of the corporation make a statement before the Court in answer to the charge. No. 70. 91. 207. 122. PRESERVATION OF TESTIMONY IN CERTAIN CASE. 20. The Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff shall, as soon as may be after having received a copy of the indictment and notice of trial, and three days at least before the day specified therein for trial, or within such lesser time as the Court may for good cause order, by himself or other person authorized by him, deliver to the party charged the said copy and notice and explain to him the nature and exigency thereof, and when the said party is not in custody or shall have been admitted to bail and cannot readily be found, he shall leave a copy of the said indictment and notice of trial with some person of his household for him, at his dwelling house and if none such can be found, shall affix the said copy and notice to the outer or principal door of the dwelling house of the party charged: a.in any such case where an indictment is signed and filed without previous investigation and committal for trial, the accused shall be entitled to at least seven days notice as aforementioned; b.nothing herein contained shall prevent any person in custody or awaiting trial at the opening of or during any sessions, from being tried thereat, if he shall have been served with a copy of the indictment and notice of trial not less than three days or seven days, as the case may be, before the date on which he is to be tried; c.such last-mentioned period of three days or seven days may be reduced to a shorter period, if any such person shall express his assent thereto and no special objection be made on the part of the Crown. Arson, contrary to section 3 of the malicious Damage Act, 1861. (4) If the case is one in which bail may not be taken, or if sufficient security is not given, the Court shall report to the Minister who may order the accused to be confined in a mental hospital, prison or other suitable place of safe custody, and the Court shall issue a warrant in accordance with such order. 18. Therefore the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone should declare that law null and void by virtue of Section 171(15) of the Act No 6 of the . .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. 40. When such special findings is made the Court shall order the accused or the defendant to be kept in custody as a criminal lunatic in such place and in such manner as the Court shall direct, and shall report the case for the order of the Minister. 125. (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. WHEREAS by a judgment of the Supreme Court bearing date theday of 19..(name of prisoner) was convicted of murder and was thereupon by the said Court sentenced to suffer, NOW, THEREFORE, these are to command you privately to carry the said sentence into execution by causing the, said..to suffer death by being hanged by the neck until he is dead, atm on.the.day, of.19.., and within the precincts of the prison at.and thereafter to cause the, dead body of the said.to be buried in the.(cemetery), at..(place and for so doing these shall be your sufficient authority: and there upon without delay. 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. in order that. 219. "A.B. 158. 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 . 208. (2) The constable or other person who arrests any person on a charge of an offence against the person of another may cause the person arrested by him to be examined by a medical practitioner: Provided that any person so examined shall have the right to require that such examination shall be made in the presence of his own medical practitioner or of some other person selected by him. 4, pp. GAZETTE NO. b)by the substitution for the words "six months" in lines two and three thereof of the words "one yeaf'. (1) Any Court issuing a warrant for the arrest of any person in respect of any offence other than murder or treason may, in its discretion, direct by endorsement on the warrant that, if such person enter into a recognisance with sufficient sureties for his attendance before the Court at a specified time and thereafter until otherwise directed by the Court, the officer to whom the warrant is directed by the Court, the officer to whom the warrant is directed shall take such security and shall released such person from custody. 212. (3) For the purposes of this section the expression "sessions" does not include any sessions designated by the Chief Justice as a special sessions. [23rd March, 2006] Enacted by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled. Section 29 of the principal Act is hereby amended as follows. Non-appearance of defendant in answer to summons or after adjournment. 220. command the said A. In the case of the inability of the Magistrate from any cause to perform the duties and to exercise the powers and authorities conferred by this Act, the Chief Justice may, from time to time, appoint in writing any other person to perform the said duties and to exercise the said powers and authorities. ARREST GENERALLY 4. (2) The signature and attestation of the Judge or Magistrate by whom such statement was taken shall be sufficient. All such amendment shall be made upon such term as the Court shall seem just. 192. A warrant shall remain in force until cancelled or executed. persons, and to produce him before the said Court then and there to be tried. 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. Subsection (1) of section 13 of the principal Act is hereby amended as follows, a)by the insertion immediately before the word "cases" in line one of paragraph (aa) of the proviso thereto of the words "subject to the provisions of paragraph (a)"; and, b)by the substitution for the words "fifty pounds" in line three of paragraph (c) of the words "two hundred leones"; and. . (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. 0000001488 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. 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. If any of such persons cannot be found, the Sheriff shall obtain so many additional names drawn in the aforesaid manner as may necessary to make up the jurors to the proper number, and shall issue summons to such persons in like manner. The law, the draft of which was tabled in Parliament under a "certificate of urgency" signed by Sierra Leone's President, appears to have been necessitated by a July 13, 2008, incident in which a South American aircraft filled with cocaine landed in a Sierra Leonean airport, serving as a wake-up call that current laws were out of date. (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. Certificate required by section 141, Criminal Procedure Act 1965. 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