Section 197, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

(1) The Registrar or other proper officer of the Court shall,as soon as may be practicable, whenever a Member of Parliament or a public officer is- (a) arrested or detained in custody upon the warrant or order of a Court; (b) sentenced by a Court to a term of imprisonment; or (c) acquitted and discharged; inform, in the case of - (i) a Member of Parliament, the Speaker; (ii) a civil servant, the Director-General, Human Resource Management Office or the person responsible for appointments to the Civil Service; (iii) a member of staff of the Judiciary, the Chief Justice; (iv) other public officers employed in the public service of Sierra Leone, their respective employers. (2) For the purposes of this section the expression "Court" means any Court in Sierra Leone, including the Superior Courts of Judicature, Magistrate Courts and Local Courts. 104 105 Arrest, etc. of Members of Parliament or Public Officer to be reported.