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Section 24, The Appeals from Magistrates' Courts Ordinance
Status not yet checkedThe Appeals from Magistrates' Courts Ordinance, Sierra Leone
The appellant, at the time of making such applicationand before the case shall be stated and delivered to him by the
Magistrate, shall in every instance enter into a recognisance
before the Magistrate, with or without surety or sureties, and
in such sum as to the Magistrate shall seem meet, conditioned
to prosecute without delay such appeal, and to submit to the
judgment of the Appeal Court, and to pay such costs as may
be awarded by the same; and before he shall be entitled to
have the case delivered to him he shall pay to the Magistrate's
Clerk the fees prescribed in the Schedule.
The appellant in a criminal case, if then in custody shall be
liberated upon the recognisance being further conditioned for
his appearance before the Magistrate, or, ifthat is impracticable,
before two Justices of the Peace, within seven days after the
judgment of the Appeal Court shall have been given, to abide
such judgment unless the determination appealed against be
reversed:
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to an
application for a case stated made by or under the direction of
the Attorney General.
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