Section 66, The Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act, 2014

Whenever an inmate is charged before an officer in chargewho is not a senior officer with a minor correctional centre offence which owing to the circumstances of the case the officer in charge considers the powers of punishment he possesses are inadequate to deal with, the officer shall stay the proceedings and transfer the case with a report on the case to a senior officer or to a visiting justice who is a Magistrate.