Section 34, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

(1) A Court may cause to be brought before it, a personwho,within the local limits of its jurisdiction - (a) is charged with an offence committed within Sierra Leone or which according to law may be dealt with as if it had been committed within Sierra Leone; and (b) against whom a complaint is made in respect of which the Court has power to make an order for the payment of money or otherwise, and to deal with such person according to its jurisdiction. (2) The High Court may, in addition, cause to be brought before it, a person who is within Sierra Leone and is charged with an offence over which the High Court has jurisdiction.