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Section 132: Court.

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

(1) The High Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters and such other original appellate and other jurisdiction as may be conferred upon it by this Constitution or any other law. (2) The High Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction to determine any matter relating to industrial and labour disputes and administrative complaints. (3) Parliament shall, by an Act of Parliament, make provision for the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred on the High Court of Justice by the provisions of the immediately preceding subsection. (4) For the purposes of hearing and determining an appeal within its jurisdiction and the amendment, execution or the enforcement of any judgement or order made on any such appeal, and for the purposes of any other authority expressly or by necessary implication given to the High Court of Justice by this Constitution or any other law, the High Court of Justice shall have all the powers, authority and jurisdiction vested in the Court from which the appeal is brought. (5) Any Judge of the High Court of Justice may, in accordance with the Rules of Court made in that behalf, exercise in Court or in Chambers all or any part of the jurisdiction vested in the High Court of Justice by this Constitution or any other law. Claims against the

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