An Ordinance to constitute Special Commission Courts for the trial of persons charged with offences committed in connection with unlawful societies.
No. 18 of 1912
Preamble.
Whereas there exist in the Colony and Protectorate certain unlawful societies formed for the purpose of committing murders;
And whereas many murders have recently been committed under the influence of such unlawful societies;
And whereas, owing to the number of these murders, it is expedient to try all persons charged with offences committed in connection with such unlawful societies by a special tribunal;
Enacting Clause.
Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of the Colony of Sierra Leone, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:—
Short Title.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Special Commission Ordinance, 1912.