Section 4: Exempted persons.

This Act shall not apply to the immigration of the following person unless in any particular case the person in question is the subject of an Order of the Governor-General made under sections 20 or 21 - (a) Officers and members of the crews of the naval ships of any friendly power, who are in uniform; if such persons are not in uniform they must, before being exempted, satisfy the Immigration Officer as to their identity and occupation; (b) members of the diplomatic and consular services of a friendly country, who satisfy the Immigration Officer as to their identity and occupation, and their wives and children; (c) any person in the service of the Government who has in his possession a valid passport and satisfies the Immigration Officer as to his identity and occupation, and his wife and children; (d) any citizen of Sierra Leone; (e) any privileged African who is not a prohibited immigrant; (f) Any person who is deemed to be a refugee under the convention relating to Status of Refugees signed on 28th July, 1951 at Geneva and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees signed on 31st January, 1967 at New York, as defined in the Third Schedule to this Act, to which Sierra Leone is a party, and any convention on Refugees to which Sierra Leone becomes a party by ratification or accession in the manner provided under Section 21 (2) of the Constitution. (inserted by the Non-Citizens (Registration, Immigration and Expulsion) Amendment Act, 1980) but all such persons hall complete the usual embarkation and disembarkation forms and until such time as the individual in question satisfies the Immigration Officer that he comes within any of the exemptions set out in this subsection the provisions of this Act shall apply to such person.