Section 1, The Indemnity Act, 1968

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.