Section 49, The Patents and Industrial Design Act, 2012

A patent in respect of which Sierra Leone is designated orelected state granted by ARIPO by virtue of the ARIPO Protocol shall have the same effect in Sierra Leone as a patent granted under this Act unless the Registrar communicates to ARIPO, in respect of the application, a decision made in accordance with the provisions of the Protocol that if a patent is granted by ARIPO that patent shall have no effect in Sierra Leone. PART VII - INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS