Section 2, Centre Act, 2025

(1) There is hereby established a body to be known asthe National Early Warning and Response Mechanism Centre. (2) The Centre shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and capable of acquiring, holding and disposing of property, whether movable or immovable, of suing and being sued in its corporate name and, subject to this Act, of performing all such acts as bodies corporate may by law perform. (3) The Centre shall have a seal, the use of which shall be authenticated by the signatures of - (a) the Chairman or a member of the Board authorised either generally or specially by the Board for that purpose; or (b) the Executive Director or some other person authorised by the Board for that purpose. (4) A document purporting to be an instrument executed or issued by or on behalf of the Centre and to be sealed with the common seal authenticated in the manner stated in subsection (3) shall be deemed to be so executed or issued without further proof unless the contrary is proven. 4 5 (5) In appropriate cases the common seal of the Centre may be affixed to documents outside Sierra Leone.