(1) The Magistrate of each Judicial District shall prepare and settle a jurors' list for his area for the year commencing on the first day of January in each year in accordance with the provisions of this part. Uttering forged document, contrary to section 6 (1) (2) of the Forgery Act, 1913. 117. (2) A representative for the purposes of this Part need not be appointed under the seal of the corporation, and a statement in writing purporting to be signed by a managing director of the corporation, or by any person (by whatever name called) having, or being one of the persons having the management of the affairs of the corporation, to the effect that the person named in the statement has been appointed as the representative of the corporation for the purposes of this Part shall be admissible, without further proof, as. This Printed Impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which has passed the House of Representatives and found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill. The provisions of section 105 shall apply in relation to the amendment of a charge brought against an accused person before a Court holding a preliminary investigation. 66. Search warrants may be executed outside jurisdiction of Court issuing them in certain cases. 2. 0000003076 00000 n How warrants addressed, and by whom executed. 251. fine be sooner paid, and on the receipt thereof forthwith to set him at liberty returning this warrant with an endorsement certifying the manner of its execution. When a warrant of arrest is executed outside the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court issuing the warrant, the person arrested shall, unless the Court which issued the warrant is within twenty miles of the place of arrest or is nearer than the Court within whose jurisdiction the arrest was made, be taken before such last-mentioned Court which shall deal with him in the same way as if brought before it under section 37. 177. Thereafter counsel for the prosecution may address the Court and counsel for the defence may reply and shall then call his witness (if any) as to the character of the accused. (2) If two or more of the assessors are prevented from attending or absent themselves, the proceedings shall be stayed and a new trial shall be held with the aid of fresh assessors. 47. I plead guilty to the above written charge. 193. (6)The accused who is to be admitted to bail shall procure such surety or sureties as in the opinion of the Court will be sufficient to ensure his appearance as and when required, and shall with him or them enter into a recognisance accordingly. (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. Internacionales CompetenCia en el merCado global 8e Negocios Internacionales CompetenCia en el merCado global. The respondent claimed that the deceased had sold the land to him some time in . The Registrar or any other person directed by the Court shall endorse on, or annex to, every indictment and, every copy thereof to be delivered to the Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff for service on the accused, a notice of trial, which notice shall be in the following form, or as near thereto as may be. 39. means of an advertisement inserted by them, the said A. Accused person to be remitted in certain cases to another Court. relating to the condition of any motor vehicle or trailer, may, if it is directed to the Court or produced by any constable to whom it is addressed or by someone acting on his behalf, be admitted as evidence of the facts therein stated in any preliminary investigation or trial before a Magistrate's Court. Table 1. COURT OF APPEAL RULES 5 Rel. 10. 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. Contents of petition . Proof Reading 2nd of December - Renewable Energy Policy of Sierra Leone 6th January, 2015 viii ABBREVIATIONS AfDB African Development Bank AfP Agenda for Prosperity AU African Union BHP Bumbuna Hydro Power CEF Central Energy Fund CFL Compact Fluorescent Lamp CLSG Cte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea (Particulars to specify pages and lines complained of where necessary as in a book). 191. Amendment of section 78 of Act No. Non-appearance of defendant in answer to summons or after adjournment. (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. Interpretation 2 In these rules: "Act" means The Court of Appeal Act, 2000; "application" includes a motion; "court" means the Court of Appeal; "court appealed from" includes, where appropriate, a tribunal; Judge only may authorize search in Post and Telegraph Offices. A statement in writing to the effect that wages of any amount have been paid to a person during any period, purporting to be signed by or on behalf of his employer, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated in any proceedings taken before the Court for the enforcement of the payment by the person, to whom the wages are stated to have been paid, of a fine or penalty upon summary conviction. Prosecutor and witnesses may be required to enter into recognisances. i. But, except with the leave of the Court, the prosecutor shall not in any case be allowed to make any observations by way of reply to the evidence adduced by the accused or the defendant nor, without such leave as aforesaid, shall the accused or the defendant in any case be allowed to make any observations on evidence adduced by the prosecutor in reply. exceeding twelve months and the Court by whom such person is convicted shall In the Court at. To..(person or persons who is or are to execute the warrant). when an offence is committed partly in one District and partly in another; or, iii. The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 112 of 1984] Acts Nos. DATED this.day of. In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires- 36. 17. (1) The superintendent of a mental hospital, prison or other place in which any person (hereinafter referred to as a criminal lunatic) is detained by virtue of an order made under section 71 or section 73, shall make a report to the Minister which shall be accompanied by a report by a medical practitioner at such times (not being less than once a year) and containing such particulars as the Minister may require, of the conditions and circumstances of every criminal lunatic in such mental hospital prison or place; and the Minister shall, at least once in every three years during which a criminal lunatic is detained in any mental hospital, prison or other place, consider the condition, history and circumstances of such criminal lunatic and determine whether he ought to be discharged absolutely or conditionally or otherwise dealt with. No. When in the case of a trial before a judge with assessors the accused has pleaded to the indictment or, in the case of trial by jury, the accused has been given in charge of the jury, counsel for the prosecution shall open the case. 96. Chapter I THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE 1. Part A (Title I) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every . A Court may, before passing sentence, receive such evidence as it thinks fit, in order to inform itself as to the sentence proper to be passed. (2) When a person charged with any offence against section 17 of the Larceny Act, 1916 (relating to embezzlement) and it is proved that he stole the property in question, he may be convicted of stealing it although he was not charged with that offence; and when a person is charged with stealing any chattel, money or valuable security he may, in like manner, be convicted of embezzlement, or of fraudulent application or disposition as the case may be. 104. The signature and attestation of the Magistrate holding the preliminary examination shall be sufficient. (1) Every warrant of arrest shall be under the hand of the Judge, Magistrate or Justice of the Peace issuing it. Every indictment, when signed, shall be filed in the Supreme Court. 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. In case where any person is so fined in his absence, the Registrar of the Court shall forthwith send him a written notice of the fact, requiring him to pay the fine or to show cause before the Court within four days, for not paying the. Accused to be informed of complaint. An offence shall be enquired into and tried in the Judicial District in which it was committed. The Local Courts (Amendment) Act, 1965 [1st October, 1965.] H i l l University of Washington. 191. Conviction of manslaughter on charge of murder. return you this order to me endorsed with what you have done therein. No. Power of dispenses with personal attendance of accused. (2) Except with the leave of the Court, no person other than a juror shall speak to or hold any communication with any member of the jury while the jury are considering their verdict. (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. Sierra Leone has a two tier justice dispensation regime; on the one hand is the formal justice sector and on the other the informal justice sector. 143. 147. 0000009278 00000 n 154. Conviction of assault with intent to rob on charge of robbery. 237. The forms set out in the Second Schedule may be used in all proceedings to which they are applicable with such variations as circumstances require, and shall valid and effectual for all purposes. Offences at sea or elsewhere out of Sierra Leone. 31 of 1965) to replace the imperial appellate courtPrivy Council which sat on all appeals from courts of first instance in then British colonies in West Africa (Sierra Returns to be made to trial Court and Attorney-General. A. I order that the accused be committed for trial upon, indictment before the Supreme Court atand I further order that the accused be. before the Supreme Court unless in the meantime you receive other directions as to his disposal. WHEREAS by section 70 of the Constitution it is ordained that the Governor-General may, in Her Majesty's name and on Her behalf, grant unto any offender convicted of any crime in any Court before any Judge or Magistrate within Sierra Leone a free pardon, or a pardon subject to such conditions as may at any time be lawfully thereunto annexed. or exemption from or qualification to the operation of the enactment creating the offence. (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. Payment out of money paid into court under the Exchange Control Act 10. in order that. CERTIFICATE UNDER SECTION 124, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT, 1965. (3)In any case where two or more accused are jointly tried and some accused are defended by counsel and others are not, the Court shall for the purposes of procedure deem all the accused to be defended by counsel. The witness called for the prosecution shall be subject to cross-examination by or on behalf of the accused and to re-examination on behalf of the prosecution. Trials in the Magistrates' Courts shall be conducted summarily in the manner and subject to the conditions laid, 93. 82. 5. Subject to the provisions of section 80, all arrested persons shall be brought as soon as possible before the Court having jurisdiction in the case, or the Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction any such person was arrested. 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. To.(keeper of Prison or constable). 195. At.In the West Area of Sierra Leone murder, Statement of Offence Accessory after the fact to murder. 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Spanish has been an official language in Puerto Rico since it was first colonized by Spain in the 15th century. Revisin tcnica: Gil Armando Snchez Soto Universidad Iberoamericana Gerardo Luvano Rodrguez Universidad Regiomontana Instituto Tecnolgico de Nuevo Len . 0000009301 00000 n (2)When the true name and place of resident have been ascertained he shall be released on his executing a bond, with or without sureties, to appear before a court if so required. A. (1) At any time during the hearing of the change the Court may, if it thinks fit, adjourn the hearing. (4) Coin and bank note may be described as money, and any averment as to money, so far as regards the description of property, shall be sustained by proof of any amount of coin or of any bank note, although the particular species of coin of which such amount was composed or the particular nature of the bank note shall not be proved; and in cases of embezzlement and obtaining money or bank notes by false pretences, by proof that the accused embezzled or obtained any coin or any bank note, or any portion of the value thereof, although such coin or bank note may have been delivered to him in order that some part of the value thereof should be returned to the party delivering the same, or to any other person, and such part shall have been returned accordingly. Non-court dispute resolution Practice and procedure Family law reform Managing proceedings online Standard orders FPR 2010 fundamental principles and index Non-court dispute resolution Allocation and transfer Service Evidence and disclosure Parts 18 and 19 applications Appeals and judicial review Capacity and vulnerable parties WHEREAS.(name) of.(address) was called Upon to enter into a recognisance to, prosecute (or to prosecute and give evidence or to give evidence) in the matter of a charge of, to be preferred againstat the sittings of the, Court to be holden at.on.the. The Court shall, at the time of committing him for trial, inform the accused of his right under this section. (1) If on any trial for any of the offences mentioned in sections 25, 26, 27 and 28 of the Larceny Act, 1916, the facts proved in evidence authorize the conviction for some other of the said offences and not the offence wherewith the accused or defendant is charged, he may be found guilty of the said other offence and thereupon he shall be punished as if he had been convicted on information or an indictment charging him with such offence, except that no person shall be convicted under this subsection of an offence, the maximum punishment for which is greater than that prescribed for the offence charged. Children and young persons accused of criminal offences shall be apprehended and tried in accordance with the provisions of the Children and Young Persons Act. 12. 220. (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. 61. 48 S. 16 states: "An Adoption order shall not have effect to make the adopted person a member of any clan, lineage or other group recognized under customary law and practice; but if the adopter is a person subject to customary law and practice then, as from the date of the adoption order, the adopted person shall be a person subject to . 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