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The Illiterates Protection Ordinance

Cap. 104

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Added to the library by Umaru Afiz SESAY on Oct 25, 2026

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Contents
  1. Preamble
  2. Section 1 — Short title.
  3. Section 2 — Verification of letters written for illiterate persons.
  4. Section 3 — Penalty.
  5. Section 4 — Powers of Governor in Council.
  6. Section 5 — Bursaries.
  7. Section 6 — Establishment and constitution of Board of Education.
  8. Section 7 — Term of office of members. Power to revoke appointment.
  9. Section 8 — Chairman.
  10. Section 9 — Secretary.
  11. Section 10 — Appointment of substitute for absent member.
  12. Section 11 — Meetings of Board.
  13. Section 12 — Functions of Board.
  14. Section 13 — Power to establish Local Education Authorities.
  15. Section 14 — Constitution of Local Education Authorities.
  16. Section 15 — Term of office of members. Power to revoke appointment.
  17. Section 16 — Meetings of Local Education Authorities.
  18. Section 17 — Functions of Local Education Authorities.
  19. Section 18 — Education Committees.
  20. Section 19 — Establishment and functions of Joint Education Committees.
  21. Section 20 — Constitution of Joint Education Committees.
  22. Section 21 — Establishment and constitution of School Committees for Government schools.
  23. Section 22 — Power to appoint additional members.
  24. Section 23 — Term of office of members.
  25. Section 24 — Meetings of School Committees.
  26. Section 25 — Functions of School Committees.
  27. Section 26 — Establishment of School Committees in respect of assisted schools.
  28. Section 27 — Application.
  29. Section 28 — Establishment of private schools.
  30. Section 29 — Registration of private schools.
  31. Section 30 — Duties of managers of private schools.
  32. Section 31 — Notice to remedy defects.
  33. Section 32 — Penalties.

Preamble

5 of 1898. Short title. Verification of letters written ior illiterate persons. Penalty. [Cap. 104 Illiterates Protection CHAPTER 104. ILLITERATES PROTECTION. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS. SECTION.

Section 3 — Penalty.

CHAPTER 104. ILLITERATES PROTECTION. An Ordinance for the Protection of Illiterate Persons m the Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone. [7TH APRIL, 1898.] 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Illiterates Protection Ordinance, and shall apply to the Colony and Protectorate. 2. Any person who shall write any letter or other document for, or at the request, on behalf, or in the name, of any illiterate person, or to be in any way signed or executed by any illiterate person, shall also write on such letter or other document his own name as the writer thereof and his full and true address, and his so doing shall be taken to be the equivalent to a statement that he was instructed to write such letter or document by the person for whom it purports to have been written, and that the letter or document fully and correctly represents his instructions, and that prior to its being signed, by mark or otherwise, it was read over and explained to the person whose mark or signature it bears, and that such mark or signature is the true mark or signature of the person whose mark or signature it purports to be. 3. If the writer of any such letter or document shall fail to write thereon his full and true address, or if, having done so, any statement which, under this Ordinance is in consequence implied, shall be found to be untrue, then and in every such case the writer shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds, or in default of payment to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding three months. TITLE XV. EDUCATION. CHAPTER. PAGE. 105. EDUCATION 1124 106. FouRAH BAY CoLLEGE (TRANSFER OF RIGHTS, PROPERTY AND LIABILITIES)... 1150 107. TEACHERs' SuPERANNUATION ... 1154 108. SIERRA LEONE EDUCATION FUND 1161 109. WEsT AFRICAN ExAMINATIONS CouNCIL (SIERRA LEONE STATUS) 1164 110. BoY ScouTs AND GIRL GumEs 1173 See also under Title XXXVII" 1959 Ordinances" :- 288. Freetown Training College for Teachers 293. Sierra Leone Library Board 1124 Cap. 105] Education CHAPTER 105. EDUCATION. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS. PART I.-PRELIMINARY. SECTION. 1. Short title. 2. Interpretation. PART H.-CONTROL OF EDUCATION. 3. Functions of the Department.

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