Section 30, THE BANK OF SIERRA LEONE ACT 2019

(1) Banknotes and coins issued by the Bank shall be legaltender in Sierra Leone at their face value for the payment of any amount. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Bank may on giving not less than 3 months notice in the Gazette and in one newspaper of general circulation in Sierra Leone, call in any of its banknotes or coins, on payment of the face value of the banknotes or coins with respect to which a notice has been given, shall, on the date specified in the notice, cease to be legal tender. (3) The Bank may, by notice published in the Gazette and in one newspaper of general circulation in Sierra Leone, specify a period during which banknotes or coins which have ceased to be legal tender may, nevertheless be exchanged by the Bank.