Section 32, The Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2005

The competent authority may refuse to comply with arequest if– (a) the action sought by the request is contrary to the Constitution of Sierra Leone; or (b) the execution of the request is likely to prejudice the national interest; (c) under the law of the requesting State, the grounds for refusing to comply with a request from another State is substantially different from paragraph (a) or (b).