Section 251, The Companies Act, 2009

(1) It shall be the duty of directors of a company to take allreasonable steps to ensure that the secretary of the company is a person who appears to them to have the requisite knowledge and experience to discharge the functions of a secretary of a company, and in the case of a public company, he shall be– (a) a member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators; (b) a legal practitioner within the meaning of the Legal Practitioners Act, 2000; (c) a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sierra Leone or such other bodies of accountants as are established from time to time by an enactment; or (d) a body corporate or firm consisting of members any one of whom is qualified under paragraphs (a), (b) or (c). (2) In the case of paragraph (d) of subsection(1), the body corporate or firm shall designate a person or persons to carry out the duties of secretary and such person or persons shall be qualified under paragraphs (a) (b) or (c).