Section 5, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

(1) A Police Officer or other person shall, in making anarrest, touch or confine the person to be arrested, unless there is a submission to custody by word or action. (2) Where a person forcibly resists arrest or attempts to evade arrest, a Police Officer or other person may use sufficient force to effect the arrest but no more. (3) A person arrested shall not be subjected to more restraint than is necessary to prevent his escape. (4) Subject to paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 16 of the Constitution of Sierra Leone, 1991 (Act No. 6 of 1991), nothing in this section gives a right to cause the death of a person in the course of being arrested. (5) Where a Police Officer is assaulted or obstructed when making an arrest, a private person, on whom he may call for aid, shall go to his assistance.