Preamble, The Diamond Supplementary Agreement (1955) Ratification Ordinance, 1956

Diamond Agreement (1955) [Cap. 210 2179 --------~ ------------------------- CHAPTER 210. DIAMOND SUPPLEMENTARY AGREEMENT 1955 RATIFICATION. An Ordinance to Ratify and Confirm an Agreement supple- I of 1956. mentary to certain Agreements made for and on behalf of the Government of Sierra Leone of the one Part and by the Sierra Leone Selection Trust, Limited, of the other Part. [30TH DECEMBER, 1955.] WHEREAS a Deed was made on the twentieth day of October, 1934, between Thomas Nelson Goddard then Acting Governor of the Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone acting for and on behalf of the Government of Sierra Leone (hereinafter referred to as" the Government") of the one part and the Sierra Leone Selection Trust, Limited (hereinafter referred to as " the Company ") of the other part, whereby the Governor granted to the Company for the term of ninety-nine years from the 1st day of July, 1933 (determinable as therein provided) a sole and exclusive licence to explore for, exploit, produce, take, dispose of and market diamond throughout Sierra Leone except as therein mentioned (which deed is hereinafter referred to as " the Licence "): AND WHEREAS an Agreement (hereinafter referred to as " the Supplementary Agreement of 1935 ")was made on the fifteenth day of April, 1935, between the Crown Agents for the Colonies (hereinafter referred to as "the Crown Agents") for and on behalf of the Government of the first part, Consolidated African Selection Trust, Limited, of the second part, and the Company of the third part, which Agreement was supplemental to the Licence: AND WHEREAS both the Licence and the Supplementary Cap. 207. Agreement of 1935 were ratified by an Ordinance shortly entitled The Diamond Agreements and the Licence (Ratification) Ordinance: AND WHEREAS an Agreement (hereinafter referred to as " the Supplementary Agreement of 1951 ")was made on the eighteenth day of October, 1951, between the Crown Agents for and on behalf of the Government of the one part and the Company of the other part, whereby the Company agreed to the variation of the Licence (as amended): Cap. 208. Cap. 209. Short title and commencement. Confirmation of Supplementary Agreement. Cap. 210] Diamond Agreement (1955) AND WHEREAS the Supplementary Agreement of 1951 was ratified by an Ordinance shortly entitled The Diamond Supplementary Agreement (1951) Ratification Ordinance, 1952: AND WHEREAS an Agreement (hereinafter referred to as " the Supplementary Agreement of 1954 ")was made on the sixteenth day of March, 1954, between the Crown Agents for and on behalf of the Government of the one part and the Company of the other part, whereby the Company agreed to the further amendment of the Licence (as modified as aforesaid): AND WHEREAS the Supplementary Agreement of 1954 was ratified by an Ordinance shortly entitled The Diamond Supplementary Agreement (1954) Ratification Ordinance, 1954: AND WHEREAS the Company agreed to further amendments of the Licence (as modified as aforesaid) so that the Company shall no longer hold a sole and exclusive licence, subject to the exceptions therein mentioned, to explore for, exploit, produce, take, dispose of and market diamond throughout Sierra Leone: AND WHEREAS the amendments aforesaid are contained in an Agreement made on the thirtieth day of December, 1955 between the Crown Agents for and on behalf of the Government of the one part and the Company of the other part, which Agreement is set out in the Schedule hereto: Now, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED by the Governor of Sierra Leone, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows-