The Indemnity Act, 1968

Assented to 1n Her Majesty's name this 24th day of July, 1968. (LS No. 1 BANJA TEJAN-SIE, Acting Governor-General. Sierra Leone The Indemnity Act, 1968 A 41 BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the House ot Representatives in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: - Short title Date of [25th July, 1968.] commence ment.

No action or other legal proceeding whatsoever whether Legal actioncivil or criminal shall be instituted in any Court of Law for or on banned in respect of account of, or in respect of any act, matter or thing done whether acts done within Sierra Leone or without, during the period extending from in good the 18th to the 26th of April, 1968, if done in good faith and faith during done or purported to be done in the execution of his duty or in certain the public interest period A 42 P.N. No. 21 of 1968 Validation of enact mentS. Commis sionsof Inquiry etc.,indemnified No. 1 lndemnity 1968 (a) by any menmber of the Royal Sierra Leone Military Forces or of the Sierra Leone Police Force; or (b) by the National Interim Council established bu Proclannation entitled the Administration of Sierra Leone (National Interim Council) Proclamnation, 1968" or any member thereof: or (c) by any body or person acting directly or indirectly under authority of () the National Interim Council, or (ii) any member of the Royal Sierra Leone Military Forces, or (iii) any member of the Sierra Leone Police force. and if any proceeding has been instituted whether before or after the commencement of this Act, it shall be discharged and made void: Provided that the provisions of this section shall in no way affect the institution or prosecution of proceedings on behalf of Her Majesty or any Government Department or any proceedings instituted by way of Petition of Right.

The Proclamation referred to in section 1 and everyenactment made by the National Interim Council or by any body or person acting under the authority of the National Interim Council during the aforesaid period, shall be deemed to be and always to have been valid and of full effect, both during the said period and after the determination thereof, until repealed or revoked by Parliament.

Reformation Council shall be deemed to have been valid and of full legal effect, and no action or other legal proceeding what soever, whether civil or criminal, shall be instituted in any Cour! in of Law, for or on account of or in respect of the setting up of any such Commission, or any act, matter or thing done by or respect of any such Commissions or the findings of any such Commission. No. 1 Indemnity 1968 M.P. Co/5. A 43 Passed in the House of Representatives this 5th day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-cight. J. E. W. DAVIES. Acting Clerk of the House of Representatives THIS PRINTED IMPRESSION has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which has passed the House of Representatives and found by me to be true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill. J. E. W. DAVIES. Acting Clerk of the House of Representatives