Sierra Leone Independence Act 1961

SCHEDULES

Section 1.

FIRST SCHEDULE U.K. Area included in Sierra Leone

The area in West Africa lying between the sixth and tenth degrees of north latitude and the tenth and fourteenth degrees of west longitude and bounded on the north by the boundary line delimited under the provisions of the Anglo-French Convention dated the twenty-eighth day of June, 1882, the Anglo-French Arrangement dated the tenth day of August, 1889, the Anglo-French Agreement dated the twenty-first day of January, 1895, and the notes exchanged between His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Ambassador of the French Republic, and dated the sixth day of July, 1911, and on the south by the Anglo-Liberian boundary line delimited under the provisions of the Anglo-Liberian Conventions dated the eleventh day of November, 1885, and the twenty-first day of January, 1911.

Section 1.

SECOND SCHEDULE U.K. Legislative Powers in Sierra Leone

1 U.K. The M1 Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865, shall not apply to any law made on or after the appointed day by the legislature of Sierra Leone.

Marginal Citations

M1 1865 c. 63.

2 U.K. No law and no provision of any law made on or after the appointed day by that legislature shall be void or inoperative on the ground that it is repugnant to the law of England, or to the provisions of any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, including this Act, or to any order, rule or regulation made under any such Act, and, subject to paragraph 6 of this Schedule, the powers of that legislature shall include the power to repeal or amend any such Act, order, rule or regulation in so far as it is part of the law of Sierra Leone or any part thereof.

3 U.K. The said legislature shall have full power to make laws having extra-territorial operation.

F1 4 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 para. 4 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with ss. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)

5 U.K. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of this Schedule, section four of the M2 Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act 1890 (which requires certain laws to be reserved for the signification of Her Majesty’s pleasure or to contain a suspending clause) and so much of section seven of that Act as requires the approval of Her Majesty in Council to any rules of court for regulating the practice and procedure of a Colonial Court of Admiralty shall cease to have effect in Sierra Leone.

Marginal Citations

M2 1890 c. 27.

6 U.K. Nothing in this Act shall confer on the legislature of Sierra Leone any power to repeal, amend or modify the constitutional provisions otherwise than in such manner as may be provided for in those provisions.

his paragraph, the expression “the constitutional provisions” means this Act, any Order in Council made before the appointed day which revokes Parts II to VI of the M3 Sierra Leone (Constitution) Order in Council, 1958, and the Sierra Leone Protectorate Orders in Council, 1951 to 1960, and any law, or instrument made under a law, of the legislature of Sierra Leone made on or after that day which amends, modifies, re-enacts with or without amendment or modification, or makes different provision in lieu of, any of the provisions of this Act, that Order in Council or any such law or instrument previously made.

Marginal Citations

M3 S.I. 1958 No. 1259

Section 3.

THIRD SCHEDULE U.K. Amendments not affecting Law of Sierra Leone

Diplomatic immunities U.K.

1 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 3 para. 1 repealed by Finance Act 1969 (c. 32), Sch. 21 Pt. IX

2 U.K. In subsection (6) of section one of the Diplomatic Immunities (Commonwealth Countries and Republic of Ireland) Act, 1952, immediately before the word “and” in the last place where it occurs there shall be inserted the words “Sierra Leone”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of Sch. 3 paras. 2, 4, 8, 9, 16 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

3 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 3 para. 3 repealed by International Organisations Act 1981 (c. 9, SIF 68:1), Sch.

Financial U.K.

4 U.K. In section two of the Import Duties Act, 1958, in subsection (4), after the word “Nyasaland” there shall be inserted the words “Sierra Leone”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 The text of Sch. 3 paras. 2, 4, 8, 9, 16 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

5 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 3 para. 5 repealed by Trustee Investments Act 1961 (c. 62), Sch. 5

Visiting forces U.K.

6 U.K. In the M4 Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Act 1933, section four (which deals with attachment and mutual powers of command) and the definition of “visiting force” for the purposes of that act which is contained in section eight thereof shall apply in relation to forces raised in Sierrra Leone as they apply in relation to forces raised in Dominions within the meaning of the M5 Statute of Westminster 1931.

Marginal Citations

M4 1933 c. 6.

M5 1931 c. 4 (22 & 23 Geo. 5).

7 U.K. In the M6 Visiting Forces Act 1952—

(a) in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section one (which specifies the countries to which that Act applies) the word “or” in the first place where it occurs shall be omitted, and at the end there shall be added the words “Sierra Leone or”;

(b) in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section ten the expression “colony” shall not include Sierra Leone or any part thereof;

until express provision with respect to Sierra Leone is made by an Order in Council under section eight of that Act (which relates to the application to visiting forces of law relating to home forces), any such Order for the time being in force shall be deemed to apply to visiting forces of Sierra Leone.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 The text of s. 3(2)(a), Sch. 3 para. 7(a) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M6 1952 c. 67.

Ships and aircraft U.K.

F5 8 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 3 para. 8 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with ss. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)

F6 9 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F6 Sch. 3 para. 9 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with ss. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)

10 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

Textual Amendments

F7 Sch. 3 para. 10 repealed by Emergency Laws (Re-enactments and Repeals) Act 1964 (c. 60), Sch. 2

11 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

Textual Amendments

F8 Sch. 3 para. 11 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), Sch. 1 Pt. XV

12 U.K. In the M7 Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934, the expression “British ship to which this Act applies” shall not include a British ship registered in Sierra Leone.

Marginal Citations

M7 1934 c. 49.

Copyright U.K.

13, 14. U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9

Textual Amendments

F9 Sch. 3 paras. 13, 14 repealed by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 303(2), Sch. 8

15 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10

Textual Amendments

F10 Sch. 3 para. 15 repealed by Family Law Act 1986 (c. 55, SIF 49:3), s. 68(2), Sch. 2

Commonwealth Institute U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F11 Sch. 3 para. 16 repealed (7.1.2003) by 2002 c. 39, ss. 3, 4(2), Sch. 3