Section 51, The Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act, 2014

(1) With effect from the commencement of this Act, everysentence of imprisonment whether the sentence was one of imprisonment with hard labour or simple imprisonment passed upon any criminal inmate, shall subject the inmate during the term of the sentence to work at such labour as may be directed by the officer in charge with the general approval of the Director-General and so far as practicable the labour shall take place in association or outside cells with other criminal inmates. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other enactment, no person shall be sentenced by a court to imprisonment with hard labour. (3) Every enactment conferring power on a court to pass a sentence of imprisonment with hard labour in any case shall be construed as conferring a power to pass a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding a term for which a sentence of imprisonment with hard labour could have been passed in that case immediately before the commencement of this Act, and so far as any enactment provides that a person sentenced to imprisonment or committed to correctional centre is or may be directed to be treated to any special form of imprisonment ceases to have effect. (4) The medical officer may order any inmate to be excused from labour or to perform light labour, and any inmate ordered to perform light labour shall be required to work on any labour for which the inmate is considered fit by the medical officer. 30 31 officer not liable for escape of inmates in hospital. Employment of inmates and abolition of hard labour. Measures for further security o f inmates in hospital. No. 5 Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act 20 14 No. 5 Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act 20 14 (5) For the purposes of this section, “Director-General” includes a Regional Director.