Section 10, The Legal Practitioners Act, 2000 THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (C ODE OF C ONDUCT) R ULES , 2010

A legal practitioner shall not, whether or not he is actingfor a fee, give legal advice or service to the public or to a section of the public otherwise than in the course of his practice except in the following circumstances:– (a) supplying legal advice or service in any country outside Sierra Leone if the rules in force in that country permit legal practitioners to do so; (b) lecturing, teaching, writing or editing of legal text-books or of articles in newspapers or journals; (c) giving advice on legal matters free to a friend or relative; (d) participating in a Legal Aid or Advice Scheme; (e) acting as unpaid or honorary legal adviser to any charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institution; (f) giving as a non-executive director of a company or a trustee or governor of a charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institution or a trustee of any private trust to the other directors, trustees or governors, as the case may be, the benefit of his learning and experience on matters of general policy and of general legal principles applicable to the affairs of the company, institution or trust; (g) giving advice on legal matters free in a scheme or program established to further the purpose of promoting among the public greater awareness of their legal rights or respect for the rule of law or otherwise promoting the objects of the Sierra Leone Bar Association.