Section 2, The Newspapers Short tittle (1961)

Section 3 of the Newspapers Ordinance (hereinafterreferred to as the principal Ordinance) is hereby amended (a) by renumbering the section as subsection (1); and commence. ment. 1, This Ordinance may be cited as the Newspapers Short tittle. (Amendment) Ordinance, 1961. A144 Form AA. Amendment of section 4 of Cap. 151. No. 18 Amendment Newspapers (Amendment) 1961 (6) by the addition of thc following subsections (2) and (3) " (2) There slhall be annexed to each annual return made under subsection (1) a certificate by every proprictor (other han a limited company) dircctor, cditor and manager of the newspaper or any other pcrson by whalever name called who perfornns the function of a proprietor, editor or manager, sclling forth his full name and address and the fact that he is a proprietor, director, editor or manager of the newspaper as the case may be: Provided that no further certificate need be annexed to any return in respect of any person with regard to whom the particulars set forth in the latest certificate relating to him continue to be correct. (3) Each such certificate shall be in the form of an affidavit signed by the person to whom it relates and sworn by him before the Registrar-General or a Commissioner for Oaths. The certificate shall be according to Form AA in the Schedule to this Ordinance. The original certificate or a certified copy purporting to be signed by the Registrar General shall be admissible as prima facie evidence of the contents thereof in all courts in Sierra Leone."