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Section 128: Court of Appeal.

In force, as amendedThe Constitution of Sierra Leone, 1991, Sierra Leone

(1) The Court of Appeal shall consist of— a. The Chief Justice; b. not less than seven Justices of the Court of Appeal; and c. such other Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature as the Chief Justice may, for the determination of any particular cause or matter by writing under his hand, request to sit in the Court of Appeal for such period as the Chief Justice may specify or until the request is withdrawn. (2) The Court of Appeal shall be duly constituted by any three Justices thereof and when so constituted the most senior of such Justices shall preside. (3) Subject to the provisions of subsection (1) and (2) of section 122 of this Constitution, the Court of Appeal shall be bound by its own previous decisions and all Courts inferior to the Court of Appeal shall be bound to follow the decisions of the Court of Appeal on questions of law. (4) Parliament may create such Divisions of the Court of Appeal as it may consider necessary— a. consisting of such number of Justices as may be assigned thereto by the Chief Justice; b. sitting at such places in Sierra Leone as the Chief Justice may determine; and c. presided over by the most senior of the Justices of the Court of Appeal constituting the Court.

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