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Sierra Leone Independence Act 1961

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1. Provision for the fully responsible status of Sierra Leone.

  3. 2. Consequential modifications of British Nationality Acts.

  4. 3. Consequential modification of other enactments.

  5. 4. Short title and interpretation.

  6. SCHEDULES

    1. FIRST SCHEDULE

      Area included in Sierra Leone

      1. The area in West Africa lying between the sixth and...

    2. SECOND SCHEDULE

      Legislative Powers in Sierra Leone

      1. 1.The Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865, shall not apply to...

      2. 2.No law and no provision of any law made on...

      3. 3.The said legislature shall have full power to make laws...

      4. 4.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      5. 5.Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of...

      6. 6.Nothing in this Act shall confer on the legislature of...

    3. THIRD SCHEDULE

      Amendments not affecting Law of Sierra Leone

      1. Diplomatic immunities

        1. 1.. . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 2.In subsection (6) of section one of the Diplomatic Immunities...

        3. 3.. . . . . . . . . ....

      2. Financial

        1. 4.In section two of the Import Duties Act, 1958, in...

        2. 5.. . . . . . . . . ....

      3. Visiting forces

        1. 6.In the Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Act 1933, section four...

        2. 7.In the Visiting Forces Act 1952— (a) in paragraph (a)...

      4. Ships and aircraft

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        5. 12.In the Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934, the expression “British...

      5. Copyright

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        2. 15.. . . . . . . . . ....

      6. Commonwealth Institute

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