Section 249, THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACTS, 1965

(1) Whenever a Member of the House of Representatives or a public officer is—a. arrested or detained in custody upon the warrant or order of a Court; or b. sentenced by a Court to a term of imprisonment, the Registrar or other proper officer of the Court shall soon as may be practicable, inform— i. in the case of a member of the House, the Speaker, and ii. in the case of a public officer, the Establishment Secretary. (2) for the purposes of this section the expression "Court" means any Court in Sierra Leone and includes the Supreme Court, a Magistrate's Court and any Local Court. Repeal and Savings, Cap. 39, Cap. 38 Act No. 10 of 1963.