The Indemnity Act, 1970

ACT Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Vol. CI, No. 55 dated 23rd July, 1970 Assented to in Her Majesty's name this 22nd day of July, 1970. BANJA TEJAN-SIE, Acting Governor-General. (LS) No. 15 1970 Sierra Leone The Indemnity Act, 1970 [Margin: Short title.] [23rd July, 1970.] [Margin: Date of commencement.] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— [Margin: Legal action banned in respect of acts done in good faith during certain period.]

No action or other legal proceeding whatsoever whether civil or criminal shall be instituted in any Court of Law for or on account of, or in respect of any act, matter or thing done whether within Sierra Leone or without, during the period extending from the 21st of March, 1967 to the 30th of April, 1968, if done in good faith and done or purported to be done in the execution of his duty or in the public interest— 2 No. 15 Indemnity 1970 (a) by any officer performing or purporting to perform the functions of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone or Governor-General of Sierra Leone; (b) by any person not being a member of the National Reformation Council performing or purporting to perform the functions of a Minister of Government; and if any such proceeding is instituted whether before or after the commencement of this Act, it shall be discharged and made void: Provided that the provisions of this section shall in no way affect the institution or prosecution of proceedings on behalf of Her Majesty or any Government Department or any proceedings instituted by way of Petition of Right. [Margin: Validation of acts of indemnified officers.]

Every act done by any of the persons mentioned in section 1 or by any body or person acting under the authority of any of the persons mentioned in section 1 during the aforesaid period shall be deemed to be and always to have been valid and of full effect both during the said period and after the determination thereof until revoked or rescinded by the appropriate authority. Passed in the House of Representatives this 7th day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventy. J. W. E. DAVIES, Clerk of the House of Representatives. THIS PRINTED IMPRESSION has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which has passed the House of Representatives and found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill. J. W. E. DAVIES, Clerk of the House of Representatives PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT, SIERRA LEONE GAZETTE No. 55 OF 23RD JULY, 1970.