Section 493: For the purposes of this Part the expression-

(a) “certified” means certified in the prescribed manner to be a true copy or a correct translation; (b) “director” in relation to a company includes any person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of the company are accustomed to act; (c) “prospectus” has the same meaning as when used in relation to a company incorporated under this Act; (d) “place of business” means a branch, management, shares, transfer or registration office, factory, mine or other fixed place of business but does not include an agency unless the agent has, and habitually exercises, a general authority to negotiate and conclude contracts on behalf of the company or maintains a stock of merchandise belonging to that company from which he regularly fills orders on its behalf but- (i) a company shall not be deemed to have a place of business in Sierra Leone merely because it carries on business dealings in Sierra Leone through a bona fide broker or general commission agent acting in his business as such; or (ii) the fact that a company has a subsidiary which is registered, resident or carrying on business in Sierra Leone whether through a place of business or otherwise shall not itself constitute the place of business of that subsidiary. Penalties. Interpretation. 354 355 PART XIX–DEALINGS IN COMPANIES’ SECURITIES