MiLAWYER

Law library · Sierra Leone · The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

Section 167, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

Status not yet checkedThe Criminal Procedure Act, 2024, Sierra Leone

(1) A corporation or company that is convicted of anoffence shall, in lieu of a term of imprisonment that is prescribed as the punishment for that offence or where no fine is prescribed, be fined in an amount that is in the discretion of the Court where the offence is triable on indictment and where tried summarily, to a fine within the jurisdiction of Magistrate Court. (2) The prosecutor may, where a fine imposed under subsection (1) is not paid on the filing of the conviction, enter as a judgment, the amount of the fine and costs in the High Court and that judgment shall be enforceable against the corporation or company in the same manner as if it were ajudgment entered against the corporation or company in the High Court in a civil proceeding.

Read the whole lawDownload PDFAsk Tima what this means

Check the current official version before relying on this text. MiLAWYER shares legal information, not legal advice.