Section 6, The Cinematograph Exhibitions Act, 1966

(1) No person shall present or exhibit, or allow to be Censorshippresented or exhibited, any film pictures or other similar optical of nlms.effects unless the same shall first have been approved and passedby the Board of Control appointed under subsection (2). (2) The Minister may by Order, appoint and direct aBoard of Control for the purpose of viewing, examining andcensoring films intended for use in connection with an exhibitionand the Board so appointed shall by virtue of this Act be invested with all legal powers necessary for the proper performance of its duties and functions. (3) Whenever the Board shall pass and approve any film, it shall signify its decision by a certificate in the prescribedform. (4) The Board may (a) pass and approve part of a film whilst disapprov ing another part thereof: (6) pass and approve any film subject to special conditions and restrictions as it may deem fit; (c) at any time revoke its decision; or (d) give any directions in the matter as respects any film, as it deems fit, and may so act as it shall think proper for the purpose of giving effect to its decision. (5) A film or part of a film which has been passed and approved by the Board of Control may, subject always to the provisions of section 2 be exhibited in any part of Sierra Leone. (6) When the Board has refused to pa ss and approve any film or part of a film, it may retain such ilm or excise andretain such part of a film until it is exported from Sierra Leone or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the directions of the Board.