Section 27: Suspect to surrender travel document.

(1) Where the Commission has reason to believe that any person who is under investigation under this Act isabout to leave Sierra Leone, the Commission may apply to a Magistrate for an order requiring such person to surrender any travel document or documents in his possession. (2) A Magistrate may, after hearing the application, order such person by written notice to surrender his travel documents forthwith to the Commissioner and to find two persons who are owners of property in Sierra Leone, the value of which is not less than fifty million leones each, to stand surety for him. (3) A travel document which is surrendered to the Commissioner under this section may be held for a period of three months fro the date on which the Magistrate issues the notice. (4) Where it appears that the investigation may not be completed before the expiry of the period of three months, the Commission may apply again to the Magistrate for renewal of the order for such longer period as may be reasonably required. (5) Where a person who possesses a travel document fails to comply with the order forthwith, he may thereupon be arrested and taken before a Magistrate and unless such person complies with the order, the Magistrate shall by warrant commit him to prison for thirty days and thereafter, until the Commission completes the investigation in respect of him.