Section 144, REPEALED THE CONSTITUTION OF SIERRA LEONE 1978-12

(1) Any person who is appointed or elected to, or otherwise selected for, any office established by this Constitution (including the office of Vice-Presidents, Secretary-General of the Party, Member of the Cabinet, Minister or Deputy Minister or Parliamentary Special Assistants, may resign from that office by writing under his hand addressed to the person or authority by whom he was appointed, elected or selected: Provided that in the case of the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker his resignation from office shall be addressed to Parliament, and in the case of a Member of Parliament his resignation from Parliament shall be addressed to the Speaker, and in the case of he Secretary-General of the Party his resignation from office shall be addressed to the Central Committee of the Party. (2) The resignation of any person from any such office as aforesaid shall take effect, where no date is specified, when the writing signifying the resignation is received by the person or authority to whom it is addressed or by any person authorised by that person or authority to receive it. (3) Where any person holding an office mentioned in Section 139 accepts another such office carrying higher remuneration, he shall, unless a contrary intention appears from the terms of his appointment, be deemed to have relinquished the office he was originally holding; where the second office does not carry higher remuneration, the question whether or not he shall be deemed to have relinquished the original office shall depend on the terms of his second appointment.