Part 1, The Armed Forces of the Republic of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Act, 2000 [Margin: Short title.]

ACTS Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Vol. CXXXI, No. 39 dated 17th August, 2000 SIGNED this 31st day of July, 2000. ALHAJI AHMAD TEJAN KABBAH, President. (LS) No. 13 Sierra Leone 2000 The Armed Forces of the Republic of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Act, 2000 [Margin: Short title.] Being an Act to amend the Armed Forces of the Republic of Sierra Leone Act, 1961. [17th August, 2000] [Margin: Date of commencement.] ENACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled. 2 No. 13 Armed Forces of the Republic of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Act 2000 [Margin: Amendment of Act No. 34 of 1961.] The Armed Forces of the Republic of Sierra Leone Act, 1961 is amended— (a) by the repeal of section 129; and (b) by the insertion of the following as Part VI thereof:— "PART VI — APPEALS FROM COURTS-MARTIAL [Margin: Right of appeal.] 129. Subject to this Part, an appeal shall lie from any decision of a court-martial to the Court of Appeal with the leave of that Court: Provided that an appeal from a sentence of death from a court-martial shall lie to the Court of Appeal as of right. [Margin: Procedure for applying for leave to appeal or lodging appeal.] 130. (1) (a) Subject to subsection (2), leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal shall not be given except in pursuance of an application in that behalf made by or on behalf of the appellant, and lodged with the Registrar within forty days of the date of promulgation of the finding of the court-martial in respect of which the appeal is brought, being an application in the prescribed form and specifying the grounds on which leave to appeal is sought and such other particulars, if any, as may be prescribed. (b) An appeal against a decision involving a sentence of death shall not be entertained by the Court of Appeal unless the appeal is lodged with the Registrar in the prescribed manner by or on behalf of the appellant within ten days of the date of promulgation of the finding of the court-martial in respect of which the appeal is brought.