Section 3, **The Development Loans (Amendment) Act, 1983** [Margin: Short title.]

(1) No liability shall attach to, and no action or proceedings whatsoever shall be taken against,— (*a*) the Minister of Finance, or (*b*) any public officer or other person acting under the authority of the said Minister, in respect of any act done in good faith in or outside Sierra Leone for the purpose or raising any loan, by reason only of the fact that any limit prescribed by paragraph (*a*) or (*b*) of section 2 of the Development Loans Act, 1965 (Act No. 1 of 1965) may have been exceeded before the 23rd day of March, 1978 being the date of commencement of the Development Loans (Amendment) Act, 1978 (Act No. 3 of 1978) if the act was done or purported to have been done in the discharge of the functions of such person or in the public interest and any loan so raised shall not be deemed to have been invalidated by reason only of such excess. (2) For the purposes of this section,— (*a*) anything done by any person referred to in subsection (1) shall be deemed to have been done in good faith unless the contrary is proved and No. 3 *Development Loans (Amendment)* 1983 7 (*b*) a certificate issued by the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice to the effect that a person was acting under the authority of the Minister of Finance, or that any act was done by any person in the discharge of his functions, shall be conclusive evidence of the matter so certified.