Section 24, The Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act, 2014

(1) No corrections officer shall be or become a memberof– (a) any trade union or any body or association affiliated to a trade union; (b) any body or association the objects or one of the objects of which is to control or 14 15 Miscellaneous offences by Other offences. officers not to be members of trade unions. Assault on officer senior in rank. No. 5 Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act 20 14 No. 5 Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act 20 14 influence salaries, wages, pensions or conditions of service of the Service; (c) any body or association the objects or one of the objects of which is to control or influence conditions of employment in any trade or profession. (2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall be deemed to prohibit corrections officers from becoming members of any corrections officers staff association approved by the Council and published in the Gazette. (3) Any corrections officer who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not less than one million leones or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both the fine and imprisonment. (4) For the purposes of this section, "trade union" has the same meaning as it has in the Trade Unions Act.