Section 126, The Constitution of Sierra Leone, 1991

A single Justice of the Supreme Court acting in its criminal jurisdiction, and three Justices of the Supreme Courtacting in its civil jurisdiction may exercise any power vested in the Supreme Court not involving the decision of a cause or matter before the Supreme Court save that— a. in criminal matters, if any such Justices refuses or grants an application in the exercise of any such power, any person affected thereby shall be entitled to have the application determined by the Supreme Court constituted by three Justices thereof; and b. in civil matters any order, direction or decision made or given by three Justices in pursuance of the powers conferred by this section may be varied, discharged or reversed by the Supreme Court constituted by five Justices thereof. Enforcement of the