Section 20, The Constitution of Sierra Leone, 1991

inhuman treatment. (1) No person shall be subject to any form of torture or any punishment or other treatment which is inhuman ordegrading. (2) Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of this section to the extent that the law in question authorises the infliction of any kind of punishment which was lawful immediately before the entry into force of this Constitution.