Preamble, **The Non-Citizens (Trade and Business) (Amendment) Act, 1970** [Margin: Short title.]

ACTS *Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Extraordinary Vol. CI, No. 26* *dated 26th March, 1970* Assented to in Her Majesty's name this *25th* day of *March, 1970.* BANJA TEJAN-SIE, *Acting Governor-General.* (LS) No. 5 [Coat of arms of Sierra Leone: UNITY FREEDOM JUSTICE] 1970 Sierra Leone **The Non-Citizens (Trade and Business) (Amendment) Act, 1970** [Margin: Short title.] [*26th March, 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:— 2 No. 5 Non-[illegible] and Business) (Amendment) 1970 [Margin: Amendment of section 1 of Act No. 9 of 1969.] **1.** Section [illegible]he principal Act is hereby amended— (*a*) by substituting for the definition of "business" the following new definition— " "business" includes every operation by way of trade, occupation or profession carried on, on a continuing basis with a view to profit;"; and (*b*) by inserting in its appropriate alphabetical place, the following new definition— " "distribution" includes the delivery of goods to any person for the purpose of sale to the public;". [Margin: Amendment of section 2 of Act No. 9 of 1969.] **2.** Section 2 of the principal Act is hereby amended by re-numbering the existing section as subsection (1) and adding the following new subsection— "(2) Nothing in this section shall apply to the operation by non-citizens of any Supermarket operated in accordance with a licence granted under section 4.". [Margin: Amendment of section 5 (1) of Act No. 9 of 1969.] **3.** Subsection (1) of section 5 of the principal Act is hereby amended as follows— (*a*) by deleting the words "or retail trades" in the fourth and fifth lines thereof; (*b*) by replacing paragraph (*c*) thereof by the following new paragraph— "(*c*) the provision of transport by road or river whether for his own business or otherwise: Provided that any non-citizen now operating vehicles or vessels in the ordinary course of his own business undertaking may continue to operate the vehicles or vessels operated by him at the commencement of this Act for such period as the Minister may in writing approve after being satisfied in each case that there is no suitable alternative transport operated by citizens;"; (*c*) by the substitution of a colon for the semi-colon at the end of paragraph (*r*) thereof and the addition immediately thereafter of the following proviso— "Provided that any non-citizen operating any such distribution at the date of commencement of this Act may continue to do so for a period not exceeding nine months after that date with the written permission of the Minister;"; and (*d*) by substituting a full stop for the semi-colon at the end of paragraph (*s*) and deleting paragraph (*t*).". No. 5 *Non-Citizens (Trade and Business) (Amendment)* 1970 3