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

36 of 1956. Cap. 207. Cap. 211] Diamond Agreement (1956) CHAPTER 211. DIAMOND SUPPLEMENTARY AGREEMENT (1956) RATIFICATION. An Ordinance to Ratify and Confirm an Agreement Supplementary 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. [28TH SEPTEMBER, 1956. J 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 first 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 Agreement of 1935 were ratified by an Ordinance shortly entitled The Diamond Agreements and 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 variations of the Licence (as amended): Diamond Agreement ( 1956) [Cap. 211 2187 -~~~-------~-----~~~~~~------~--------- AND WHEREAS the Supplementary Agreement of 1951 was ratified by an Ordinance shortly entitled The Diamond Supplementary Agreement (1951) Ratification Ordinance, 1952: Cap. 208. 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: Cap. 209. AND WHEREAS an Agreement (hereinafter referred to as " the Supplementary AgTeement of 1955 ") was made on the thirtieth day of December, 1955, between the Crown Agents for and on behalf of 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 1955 was ratified by an Ordinance shortly entitled The Diamond Supple- Cap. 211. mentary Agreement (1955) Ratification Ordinance, 1956: AND WHEREAS the Government and the Company have agreed to make certain variations to the areas mentioned in Clause 1 of the Supplementary Agreement of 1955, and certain other amendments and additions to the Licence (as amended by the Supplementary Agreements of 1935, 1951, 1954 and 1955): AND WHEREAS the variations, amendments and additions aforesaid are contained in an Agreement made on the twentyeighth day of September, 1956, 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-