NPRC DECREE N0.3 1992

11 N.P.R.C. Decree No. 3 1992 Sierra Leone The Imposition of Curfew Decree, 1992 [Margin: Short title.] Being a Decree to make provision for the Imposition of a Curfew Order [30th April, 1992] [Margin: Date of commencement.] PURSUANT to the Proclamation entitled "The Administration of Sierra Leone (National Provisional Ruling Council) Proclamation, 1992", published in the *Gazette* on the 4th day of May, 1992 as P.N. No. 20 of 1992, the National Provisional Ruling Council hereby makes and issues the following Decree:— [Margin: Commencement.]

This Decree, except subsection (2) of section 3, shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 30th day of April, 1992. 12 No. 3 *The Imposition of Curfew* 1992 [Margin: Power to impose curfew.]

(1) The National Provisional Ruling Council may, in the interest of public order or public safety, by order impose a curfew throughout Sierra Leone or in any part thereof as shall be specified in such order. (2) While such order is in force no person shall be out of doors between the hours specified in the order except under the authority of a written permit granted by the Inspector-General of Police or any officer deputed by him in that behalf. [Margin: Offence and penalty.]

(1) A person who contravenes any provision of an order made pursuant to section 2 commits an offence and may be detained by any member of the Armed Forces or the Police Force, who shall take that person immediately to the nearest police station. [Margin, handwritten: Replaced by Decree no 1 of 1993] (2) A person convicted of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand leones or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month, or to both such fine and imprisonment. [Margin: Operation of order.]

Every order made pursuant to section 2 shall come into operation upon publication in the *Gazette* or upon publication in such other manner as the National Provisional Ruling Council may deem necessary for bringing such order to the notice of all persons. [Margin: Persons deemed lawfully detained.]

Any person detained pursuant to this Decree before its date of publication in the *Gazette* shall be deemed to have been held in lawful custody during the period of such detention. MADE and ISSUED this *12th* day of *May, 1992*. CAPTAIN VALENTINE E. M. STRASSER, *Chairman,* *National Provisional Ruling Council.* PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT, SIERRA LEONE BY AUTHORITY OF THE NATIONAL PROVISIONAL RULING COUNCIL *GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY* No. 30 OF 13TH MAY, 1992.