Section 2, The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1970 [Margin: Short title.]

Section 136 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1965 is hereby amended by the repeal and replacement of subsection (1) thereof by the following new subsection— "(1) No indictment shall be preferred in respect of any criminal offence unless there has been a committal for trial consequent upon a previous preliminary investigation in accordance with the provisions of Part III or an inquiry or inquest held in accordance with the provisions of the Coroners Act, except— [Margin: Cap. 9.] (a) in the case of informations known as ex-officio informations by the Attorney-General, (b) in cases of indictments which, by any enactment may be preferred by the direction or with the consent of a judge: Provided that any indictment in regard to any criminal offence may be preferred with the written consent of a judge without any prior committal for trial consequent upon a previous preliminary investigation in accordance with the provisions of Part III or an inquiry or inquest held in accordance with the provisions of the Coroners Act: Provided further that where the accused has been committed for trial the indictment may include either in substitution for or in addition to counts charging the offence for which he was committed, any counts founded on facts or evidence disclosed in the depositions being counts which may be lawfully joined in the same indictment.". Passed in the House of Representatives this 22nd day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventy. J. W. E. DAVIES, Clerk of the House of Representatives. THIS PRINTED IMPRESSION has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which has passed the House of Representatives and found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill. J. W. E. DAVIES, Clerk of the House of Representatives. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT, SIERRA LEONE GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY NO. 7 OF 26TH JANUARY, 1970 Pierre P. C. Boston A C T S - 1 9 7 0 1. Criminal Procedure (Amdt.) 2. Pensions (Amdt.)