Section 30, The Non-Citizens (Registration, Immigration and Expulsion) Act, 1965

Liability of master, person in charge, owner or agent in respect of aprohibited immigrant or stowaway. (1) The master and the owner and the agent of any vessel from which any prohibited immigrant or stowaway shall disembark or be disembarked shall be jointly and severally liable to pay to the Government all expenses incurred by the Government in connection with the transport and maintenance of such prohibited immigrant or stowaway and his deportation from Sierra Leone and the person in charge, the owner and the agent of any aircraft, motor or other vehicle shall, in like circumstances, be similarly liable. (2) The amount of any such expenses as aforesaid shall be recoverable in an action brought by or in the name of the Attorney-General.