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Section 35, THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACTS, 1965
RepealedTHE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACTS, 1965, Sierra Leone
A search warrant issued by a Court, Judge, Magistrate or Justice of the Peace in the Western Area, or by a Court, Judge, Magistrate or Justice of the Peace in any district in the Provinces, for the discovery of any property stolen or
otherwise unlawfully obtained may be executed in any part of the Western Area, or in any district of the Provinces,
although such part or district is outside the jurisdiction of the Court, Judge, Magistrate or Justice of the Peace issuing
the said warrant, and in every case in which any property alleged to have been stolen or otherwise unlawfully
obtained is seized in pursuance of this section, it shall be lawful for the constable or other person to whom the search
warrant was directed, without any special authority in that behalf, to arrest the person on whose premises the property
was at the time of seizure, or the person from whom it was taken, if other than the person on whose premises it was,
and take him before the Court within whose jurisdiction the seizure was made, to account for his possession of such
property; and in every such case the Court before whom such person shall be brought shall have jurisdiction to hear
and determine the matter notwithstanding that the alleged offence was committed outside the jurisdiction of the said
Court.
GENERAL AUTHORITY OF THE COURTS
General authority of
Courts to bring accused
persons before them.
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