Section 3, The Courts (Amendment) Act, 1966

(a) by the deletion in the first line of subsection (2 thereof of the words place in the Provinces or in the Sherbro ": and (b) by the addition thereto Courts (Amendment) subsection of the to following new (3) Subject to the general or special directions of the Chief Justice, a District Officer shall perform the functions and duties of a Magistrate in any district to which he has been appointed as such an a District Officer appointed to the Bonthe District shall also perform the functions and duties of a Magistrate in the Sherbro Judicial District.". Section 42 of the principal Act is hereby amended as (i) by the substitution for paragraph (a) of the first proviso to subsection (1) thereof of the following new paragraph (ii) by the substitution for paragraph (a) of the proviso subsection (3) thereof of the following new paragraph " (a) against the acquittal or discharge of the accused or defendant except on a question of law; of AGt No. repealed and replaced by the following new subsection * (a) no appeal shall lie against the acquittal or discharge of the accused Or defendant,