Section 4, The Spirits (Distillation and short title (1962)

(1) The Minister shall grant a special licence to the Wellington Distilleries, Limited (being a company in which the Government holds more than fifty per centum of the share capital). (2) After the expiration of ten years from the passing of this Act the Minister may grant a special licence to any company registered in Sierra Leone in which the Governmnent holds more than fifty per centum of the share capital. (3) A special licence shall be granted for such period not exceeding ten years as the Minister may determine. (4) Notwithstanding any existing legislation to the contrary a special licence shall authorise a licensed company without any further licence or authority to distil refined spirits in Sierra Leone and sell the same to the public or any member thereof subject lo the condition that súch company shal! offer to purchase for distillation during every calendar year a quantity of omole to be fixed by the Minister annually: Provided that nothing in this Act shall compel a licensed company to buy omole of a strength less than thirty-seven per centum of alcohol by volume. (5) The price to be paid for omole by a licensed com pany and the conditions of purchase shall be subject to the approval of the Minister and may be varied from time to time with the approval of the Minister. legal pro No, 5 Spirits (Distillation and Licensing) 1962 (6) A special licence shall not cease to bc valid by rcason of the fact that the Government ceases to hold more than fifty per centum of the share capital of the company to which the licence was granted. 5, The Minister shall by Notice in the (Gazete appoint a Licensing Licensing Board to grant omole licences. The Board shall Board. consist of a Chairman and two mebers of whom the Chairman and one member shall be publie oflicers.