Section 2, THE EXCHANGE CONTROL (SURRENDER AND RETENTION OF EXPORT PROCEEDS) ORDER, 1992 [Margin: Short title.]

Every person in or resident in Sierra Leone who is entitled to sell or procure the sale of any foreign currency, being the proceeds of the export of goods or services from Sierra Leone, shall offer or cause to be offered for sale to the Bank of Sierra Leone sixty per centum retained at a Commercial Bank in Sierra Leone for the use of the exporter: [Margin: Surrender obligation and retention facility.] Provided that this order shall not apply to any foreign currency held by any person authorised in writing by the Bank of Sierra Leone so to hold.