Section 19, The Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act, 2014

(1) Where the defence to any suit instituted against acorrections officer is that the act complained of was done in obedience to a warrant purporting to be issued by a court or other competent authority, the court shall, on production of the warrant and on proof that the act complained of was done in obedience to the warrant, enter judgment in favour of the corrections officer . (2) No proof of the signature on a warrant shall be required unless the court has reason to doubt its genuineness and where it is proved that the signature is not genuine, judgement shall nevertheless be given in favour of the corrections officer if it is proved that, at the time the act complained of was committed, the correction officer believed on reasonable grounds that the signature was genuine. PART IV - OFFENCES BY CORRECTIONS OFFICER S