Section 33, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

(1) A search warrant issued by a Judge, for the discoveryof property stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained may be executed in any part of Sierra Leone. (2) A search warrant issued by a Magistrate or Justice of the Peace in the Western Area or in a district in the Provinces, for the discovery of property stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained may be executed in any part of the Western Area or in a district of the Provinces, although such part or district is outside the jurisdiction of the Magistrate or Justice of the Peace issuing the warrant. 18 19 Search without warrant in cases where articles are being conveyed, etc. Sections 29 and 30 not applicable to postal, telecommunications, and data collection establishment. Return of search Execution of search (3) Where property is alleged to have been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained is seized in pursuance of this section, a Police Officer or other person to whom the search warrant was directed shall, without special authority in that behalf, 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 the possession of the property and in every such case the Court before whom the person is brought shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the matter notwithstanding that the alleged offence was committed outside the jurisdiction of that Court. (4) Where property has been taken under this section from a person charged before a Court with an offence, a report shall be made by the police to the Court of the fact of the property having been taken from the person charged and of the particulars of such property and the Court shall, if it is of the opinion that the property or a portion can be returned consistent with the interest of justice, direct the property or a portion be returned to the person charged or to such other person as the Court may deem proper. GENERAL AUTHORITY OF THE COURTS