Section 45, THE BANK OF SIERRA LEONE ACT 2019

(1) The Bank shall - (a) request from institutions or persons, information relating to money, banking, balance of payments and any other documents as the Board may determine; (b) collect, compile, analyse, abstract and publish statistics and information relevant to the carrying out of its functions; (c) collaborate with Government departments and agencies in the collection, compilation and publication of statistics and other relevant information; and (d) coordinate with bilateral and multilateral agencies on the adoption of international data dissemination standards. (2) Information received by the Bank under subsection (1) shall be subject to confidentiality. (3) The Bank shall determine the statistical information so required and the form in which the information is to be provided to the Bank, the persons subject to reporting requirements, the applicable confidentiality regime and the administrative penalties that may be imposed on entities operating in breach of these statistical requirements or which fail to provide the required statistical information;