Section 15: A person who is a public officer appointed by the Public

Service Commission or Judicial and Legal Service Commission or who is a member of the Sierra Leone Police Force or the Armed Forces; of the Republic of Sierra Leone shall not – (a) be eligible– (i) to be a founding member of a political party; or (ii) to hold office in a political party; or (iii) to seek election as President of the Republic or to Parliament, or (b) (i) speak in public or publish anything on matters of political party controversy; or (ii) engage in canvassing in support of political party or a candidate standing for public election; unless, he has ceased to be such officer or member, at least twelve months before seeking to become a founding member or to hold the office in the political party or engaging in any of the activities to which subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (b) refer.