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The Bank of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Act, 1966

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Amends: The Bank of Sierra Leone Act, 2000

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Preamble

Assented to May, 1966. LS No. 11 in Her Majesty's UNITYSREEDOMS same, as follows: name USTICE Sierra Leone April, 1966. this 4th day of H. J. L. BOSTON, Governor-General. The Bank of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Act, 1966 Being An Act to Extend the Limits within which Coins may be offered as Legal Tender in view of the issue of a Limited Number of Gold Coins to Mark the Fifth Anniversary of Independence (261h April, 1966.] BE IT ENACTED by the Oueen'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 A 51 Short title. Date of commence ment.

Section 1 — This Act shall come into operation on the 26th day of Commencement.

A 52 No. 11 Amendment 2. Subsection (2) of section 23 of the Bank of Sierra Leone of section 23 Act. 1963 is hereby repealed and replaced by the following newof Act No. 6 of 1963. subsection Bank of Sierra Leone (Anendnnent) 1966 *(2) Coins issued by the Bank shall, if such coins have not been tampered with, be legal tender in Sierra Leone at their face value for any amount in the case of denominations of not less than twelye and a half Leones and up to an amount not exceed. ing twenty Leones in the case of denominations of not less than five cents and up to an amount not exceeding one Leone in the case of coins of a lower denomination.'" Passed in the House of Representatives this 3/st day of March. in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-six. M.P. M.F. 5/14(6) S. V. WRIGHT, 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 ne to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill. S. V. WRIGHT, Clerk of the House of Representatives.

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