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Section 120, THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACTS, 1965

RepealedTHE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACTS, 1965, Sierra Leone

(1) If the Court considers the evidence sufficient to put the accused on his trial, the Court shall by warrantcommit him for trial upon indictment before the Supreme Court and shall, until the trial, either admit him to bail or send him to prison for safekeeping. The warrant of such first named Court shall be sufficient authority to the keeper of any prison appointed for the custody of prisoners committed for trial, although out of the jurisdiction of such Court. (2) Such warrant of commitment shall name the day, time and place at which the accused is to appear before the Supreme Court in answer to the indictment preferred against him but the committal for trial shall not be invalidated by reason only of a failure to comply with this subsection. (3) Where for any reason whatsoever the trial of the accused cannot take place on the day named on the warrant it shall be lawful for any Judge or Magistrate to extend by endorsement on the warrant the time stated thereon. Any warrant so endorsed shall have the like effect as any warrant issued under subsection (1).

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