Sierra Leone

The Criminal Procedure Act

PART I – GENERAL PROVISIONS PROCEDURE

PREVIOUS ACQUITTAL OR CONVICTION

47. A person, who has been once tried for an offence and convicted or acquitted of such offence, shall not be liable to be tried against on the same facts for the same offence or any other offence of which he could have been lawfully convicted at the first trial, unless a retrial is ordered by a Court having power to do so.

Keywords

Ne bis in idem
Ne bis in idem - State's own court



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