Section 2, The Newspapers (Amendment) Act, 1980 [Margin: Short title.]

The following new sections are hereby inserted immediately after section 2, and shall have effect as sections 2A, 2B, and 2C of the principal Act— [Margin: Application for a certificate of registration and payment of fees.] "2A. (1) A proprietor of a newspaper shall make an application to the Minister within one month after the commencement of this Act, or in the case of a newly established newspaper, a proprietor shall apply before the first publication thereof, for a certificate of registration of such newspaper and thereafter for the renewal of such certificate of registration annually, as may be prescribed. (2) The initial fee for a certificate of registration shall be two thousand leones, and one thousand leones for every annual renewal thereof. [Margin: Power of Minister in relation to certificate of registration.] 2B (1) Subject to subsection (2) of section 15 of the Constitution of Sierra Leone, the Minister may refuse to grant a certificate of registration or its annual renewal, or suspend or cancel such registration already granted as the case may be. (2) Where the Minister refuses or suspends or cancels a certificate of registration under the preceding sub-section, an aggrieved proprietor of a newspaper shall have a right of appeal to the High Court against the decision of the Minister.