Section 52, The Public Financial Management Act, 2016

(1) The Minister shall by statutory instrument prescribeprocedures and requirements in respect of issuance of cheques by budgetary agencies, sub-vented agencies, and other entities in the central government. (2) No financial institution shall make a charge for cashing a cheque or other instrument drawn on the account of the State in the Bank of Sierra Leone or any other financial institution or for cashing any other payment instrument issued as authority for the payment of public money by debiting from the Consolidated Fund or any other public fund, or in respect of any cheque or other payment instrument drawn in favour of the State or any public officer in his official capacity and tendered for deposit to the credit of the Government.