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The Local Time Ordinance

Cap. 2

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Preamble

18 Cap. 2] Local Time
CHAPTER 2.
LOCAL TIME.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
SECTION.

Section 1 — Short title.

Section 2 — Determination of the time in Sierra Leone.

CHAPTER 2.
LOCAL TIME.
34 of 1932. An Ordinance to provide for the Determination of the Time in
2 of 1946. Sierra Leone.
Short title.
*
Determination of the
time in
Sierra Leone.
2 of 1946.
(1ST DECEMBER, 1932.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Local Time Ordinance,
and shall apply to the Colony and Protectorate.
2. (I) The time for legal, official and general purposes shall
be Greenwich mean time.
(2) Whenever ,any expression of time occurs in any Ordinance,
rule; proclamation, bye-law, or in any like instrument, or in any
deed, time-table, notice, advertisement, or other document
whatsoever, the time mentioned or referred to shall be held to
be fixed by this Ordinance.
* This Ordinance has hitherto been called The Alteration of Time Ordinance.
TITLE II.
THE LEGISLATURE.
CHAPTER. PAGE.

Section 3 — ORDINANCES AuTHENTICATION ..• 20

Section 4 — HousEoFREPRESENTATIVEs(PoWERSANDPRIVILEGEs) 23

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