Section 5, The Diamond Supplementary Agreement (1955) Ratification Ordinance, 1956

(a) THE Government shall for a limited but reasonable period (whichshall not be less than a period of ten years from the date of this Agreement) give the Company reasonable opportunities for prospecting for deposits of diamond below a depth of fifteen feet in areas no longer comprised in the Licence by virtue of the terms hereof for which purpose the Company may apply from time to time for diamond prospecting licences under the Minerals Ordinance 1927 and the General Mining Rules made thereunder and in force from time to time. (b) IF the Company shall discover deposits of diamond below the aforesaid depth in any area comprised in a diamond prospecting licence granted to it the Government will give to the Company a reasonable opportunity to exploit such deposits. (c) THE foregoing provisions of this Clause shall not be deemed to prevent the Government from granting diamond rights in respect of areas no longer comprised in the Licence (other than areas in respect of which the Company shall have been granted rights under the provisions of sub-clauses (a) or (b) of this Clause) to any African belonging to Sierra Leone or any company in which the beneficial interest or the greater part thereof is owned by an African or Africans belonging to Sierra Leone.