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Section 15: Treaspass.
Status not yet checkedThe Public Order Act, 1965, Sierra Leone
(1) Every person who—
a) unlawfully enters, in an insulting, annoying, or threatening manner, upon any lawn, yard, garden, house, or
premises belonging to any other person; or
b) unlawfully enters upon or, in, any such land, or other place as aforesaid, after having been forbidden by the
owner thereof, or his servant, to do so; or
c) unlawfully enters and remains upon, or an any such land or other place as aforesaid, after having been
required by the owner thereof or his servant, to depart therefrom; or
d) having lawfully entered upon, or in, any such land or other place as aforesaid misconducts himself by
behaving thereon in an insulting, annoying or threatening manner, or
e) having lawfully entered upon, or in, any such land or other place as aforesaid, remains thereon, after having
been lawfully required by the owner thereof or his servant to depart therefrom;
shall be deemed a wilful trespasser.
(2) Every person who is convicted of a wilful trespass under this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding four
leones.
(3) Every constable shall assist in the apprehension and detention of any wilful trespasser, whenever called upon to
do so by the owner, or by the servant of the owner of the property on which the trespass takes place.
(4) Every complaint for an offence under this section shall be made by the owner of the property on, or with respect
to, which the offence is committed.
(5) In this section the term “owner” includes any tenant or occupier, and the attorney or agent of any owner.
(6) Nothing in this section contained shall extend to any case in which the party trespassing acted under a fair and
reasonable supposition that he had a right to go into, or upon, such land or other place as aforesaid.
CARRYING OF OFFENSIVE WEAPONS
Prohibition of carrying
of offensive weapons
without lawful
authority or reasonable
excuse.
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