Section 2, The Legitimacy Act, 1989

(1) Subject to the provision of this section, where the parents of an illegitimate person marry or have married each other, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, the marriage shall, if the father or mother of the illegitimate person was or is at the date of the marriage resident in Sierra Leone, render that person, if living, legitimate from the commencement of this Act or from the date of the marriage, whichever last happens. (2) The provisions contained in the Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the re-registration of the birth of a person legitimated by the marriage of his parents. [Margin: Re-registration of birth of legitimate person.]