Section 1, The Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 2004.

Section 15 of the Legal Practitioners Act, 2000 is repealedand replaced by the following:– “Exemptions 15. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Council may admit to practise law in Sierra Leone any applicant who satisfies the Council that – (a) he has been admitted and enrolled as a legal practitioner in any Commonwealth country approved by the Council; and (b) he has practised law in such country for a period of not less than ten years; and (c) he is a fit and proper person to be granted exemption from the requirements of section 10. (2) An application under subsection (1) shall not be granted unless the applicant is a citizen of a Commonwealth country which has legal provision for granting an exemption which is– (a) similar to subsection (1); and (b) applicable to citizens of Sierra Leone. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), a person referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) shall be granted an exemption from the requirements of section 10 in respect of his employment as a legal practitioner either in the Judicial and Legal Service or otherwise in the service of the State, while he remains so employed”.