Below are Volumes 1 through 5 of the pre-independence ordinances, Chapters 1 through 295. Schedules and subsidiary legislation are not included for now. Thanks to the Sierra Leone Pro Bono Network for scanning these and making them available to the Sierra Leone Web.
Volume 1 |
The Interpretation Ordinance, 1946 [Cap 1] The Local Time Ordinance, 1932 [Cap 2] The Ordinances Authentication Ordinance, 1930 [Cap 3] The House of Representatives (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance, 1953 [Cap 4] The Diplomatic Privileges (Extension) Ordinance, 1949 [Cap 5] The Consular Conventions Ordinance, 1950 [Cap 6] The Courts Ordinance, 1946 [Cap 7] The Native Courts Ordinance, 1933 [Cap 8] The Coroners Ordinance, 1907 [Cap 9] The Sheriffs Ordinance, 1921 [Cap 10] The Legal Practitioners Ordinance, 1946 [Cap 11] The Legal Practitioners (Disciplinary Committee) Ordinance, 1938 [Cap 12] The Notary Public Ordinance, 1937 [Cap 13] The West African Court of Appeals (Civil Cases) Ordinance, 1929 [Cap 14] The West African Court of Appeals (Criminal Cases) Ordinance, 1930 [Cap 15] The Appeals from Magistrates' Courts Ordinance, 1935 [Cap 16] The
Summary Review Ordinance, 1901 [Cap 17] The Imperial Statutes (Law of Property) Adoption Ordinance, 1933 [Cap 18] The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance, 1935 [Cap 19] The Escheat Ordinance, 1886 [Cap 20] The Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance, 1935 [Cap 21] The Execution against Real Property Ordinance, 1906 [Cap 22] The Petitions of Right Ordinance, 1901 [Cap 23] The Debtors' Ordinance, 1883 [Cap 24] The Arbitration Ordinance, 1927 [Cap 25] The Evidence (Documentary) Ordinance, 1940 [Cap 26] Imperial Statutes (Criminal Law) Adoption Ordinance, 1933 [Cap 27] The Infanticide Ordinance, 1939 [Cap 28] The Sedition Ordinance, 1939 [Cap 29] The Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance, 1927 [Cap 30] The Prevention of Cruelty to Children Ordinance, 1926 [Cap 31] The Lotteries Ordinance, 1959 [Cap 32] The Prevention of Corruption Ordinance, 1907 [Cap 33] The Personation and Uniforms Ordinance, 1905 [Cap 34] The Unlawful Societies (Human Leopard and Alligator) Ordinance, 1909 [Cap 35] The Fangay Ordinance, 1905 [Cap 36] The Summary Conviction Offences Ordinance, 1906 [Cap 37] The Jurors and Assessors Ordinance, 1905 [Cap 38] The Criminal Procedure Ordinance, 1933 [Cap 39] The Probation of Offenders Ordinance, 1950 [Cap 40] The Corporal Punishment Ordinance, 1953 [Cap 41] The Oaths and Affirmations Ordinance, 1930 [Cap 42] The Perjury Ordinance, 1896 [Cap 43] The Children and Young Persons Ordinance, 1945 [Cap 44] The Administration of Estates Ordinance, 1946 [Cap 45] The Administration of Estates by Consular Officers Ordinance, 1940 [Cap 46] The Probates (British and Colonial) Recognition Ordinance, 1915 [Cap 47] The Probate Exemption Ordinance, 1896 [Cap 48] The Summary Ejectment Ordinance, 1904 [Cap 49] The Summary Ejectment (Protectorate) Ordinance, 1933 [Cap 50] The Speedy Ejectment Ordinance, 1906 [Cap 51] The Rent Restriction Ordinance, 1954 [Cap 52] The Ministers' Statutory Powers and Duties (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance, 1958 [Cap 53] The Commissions of Inquiry Ordinance, 1909 [Cap 54] The Census Ordinance, 1953 [Cap 55] The Riot Damages Ordinance, 1954 [Cap 56] The Audit Ordinance, 1955 [Cap 57] The Public Holidays Ordinance, 1932 [Cap 58] The Monuments and Relics Ordinance, 1947 [Cap 59] The Protectorate Ordinance, 1933 [Cap 60] The Tribal Authorities Ordinance, 1938 [Cap 61] The Chiefdom Treasuries Ordinance, 1938 [Cap 62] The Local Tax Ordinance, 1955 [Cap 63] The Protectorate Vagrancy Ordinance, 1934 [Cap 64] |
Volume 2 |
The Freetown Municipality Ordinance, 1948 [Cap 65] The Freetown Improvement Ordinance, 1900 [Cap 66] The Freetown Municipality Building Scheme Ordinance, 1933 [Cap 67] The Freetown Fire Prevention Measures Ordinance, 1948 [Cap 68] The Freetown Waterworks Ordinance, 1901 [Cap 69] The Freetown Street Trading Ordinance, 1937 [Cap 70] The Freetown Municipality Officers' Superannuation Ordinance, 1929 [Cap 71] The Guides' (Prohibition) Ordinance, 1917 [Cap 72] The Processions Ordinance, 1935 [Cap 73] The Lodgers (Registration in Hotels) Ordinance, 1947 [Cap 74] The Rural Area Ordinance, 1950 [Cap 75] The Sherbro Urban District Council Ordinance, 1952 [Cap 76] The Freetown Improvement (Extension) Ordinance, 1928 [Cap 77] The Tribal Administration (Colony) Ordinance, 1933 [Cap 78] The District Councils Ordinance, 1951 [Cap 79] The Bo Town Council Ordinance, 1954 [Cap 80] The Town and Country Planning Ordinance, 1946 [Cap 81] The Local Authorities Officers' Superannuation Ordinance, 1955 [Cap 82] The British Nationality Ordinance, 1949 [Cap 83] The Aliens Naturalisation and Acquisition of Property Ordinance, 1907 [Cap 84] The Aliens Registration Ordinance, 1925 [Cap 85] The Immigration Restriction Ordinance, 1947 [Cap 86] The Undesirable British Subjects Control Ordinance, 1939 [Cap 87] The Extradition Ordinance, 1878 [Cap 88] The Fugitive Criminals Surrender Ordinance, 1906 [Cap 89] The Aliens (Expulsion) Ordinance, 1939 [Cap 90] The Aku Mohammedan Burial Board Ordinance, 1939 [Cap 91] The Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance 1913 [Cap 92] The Births and Deaths (Protectorate) Registration Ordinance, 1951 [Cap 93] The Burials Registration (Freetown) Ordinance, 1908 [Cap 94] The Christian Marriage Ordinance, 1907 [Cap 95] The Mohammedan Marriage Ordinance, 1905 [Cap 96] The Civil Marriage Ordinance, 1910 [Cap 97] The Foreign Marriage Ordinance, 1914 [Cap 98] The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Ordinance, 1916 [Cap 99] The Married ·Women's Maintenance Ordinance, 1888 [Cap 100] The Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Ordinance, 1921 [Cap 101] The Matrimonial Causes Ordinance, 1950 [Cap 102] The Evidence (Marital Intercourse) Ordinance, 1952 [Cap 103] The Illiterates Protection Ordinance, 1898 [Cap 104] The Education Ordinance, 1954 [Cap 105] The Fourah Bay College (Transfer of Rights, Property and Liabilities) Ordinance, 1960 [Cap 106] The Teachers' Superannuation Fund Ordinance, 1944 [Cap 107] The Sierra Leone Education Fund Ordinance, 1955 [Cap 108] The West African Examinations Council (Sierra Leone Status) Ordinance, 1951 [Cap 109] The Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Associations Ordinance, 1924 [Cap 110] The Newspapers Ordinance, 1924 [Cap 111] The Publications Ordinance, 1887 [Cap 112] The Undesirable Publications Ordinance, 1939 [Cap 113] The Undesirable Advertisements Ordinance, 1946 [Cap 114] The Cinematograph Exhibitions Ordinance, 1931 [Cap 115] |
Volume 3 |
The Public Lands Ordinance, 1898 [Cap 116] The Unoccupied Lands (Ascertainment of Title) Ordinance, 1911 [Cap 117] The Crown Lands Conservancy Ordinance, 1903 [Cap 118] The Defence Lands Acquisition Ordinance, 1942 [Cap 119] The Airfields and Defence Lands (Acquisition of Clearance Rights) Ordinance, 1944 [Cap 120] The Concessions Ordinance, 1931 [Cap 121] The Protectorate Land Ordinance, 1927 [Cap 122] The Admiralty Lands Ordinance, 1862 [Cap 123] The War Department Lands (Kortright Hill and Kennedy Ridge) Ordinance, 1884 [Cap 124] The Ordnance Lands Ordinance, 1856 [Cap 125] The Fortifications Sketching Ordinance, 1889 [Cap 126] The Kroo Reservation Ordinance, 1906 [Cap 127] The Survey Ordinance, 1951 [Cap 128] The Building Lines Ordinance, 1939 [Cap 129] The Highways Diversion Ordinance, 1905 [Cap 130] The Ferries Ordinance, 1931 [Cap 131] The Road Traffice Ordinance, 1959 [Cap 132] The Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance) Ordinance, 1951 [Cap 133] The Railway Ordinance, 1898 [Cap 134] The Proprietary Railways Ordinance, 1909 [Cap 135] The Marampa Railway and Harbour Vvorks Construction Ordinance, 1931 [Cap 136] The Public Transport Services Ordinance, 1929 [Cap 137] The Ports and Inland Waters Ordinance, 1943 [Cap 138] The Harbour Dues Ordinance, 1943 [Cap 139] The Port of Freetown Ordinance, 1954 [Cap 140] The Pilotage Ordinance, 1890 [Cap 141] The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Ordinance, 1955 [Cap 142] The Survey of Boats Ordinance, 1932 [Cap 143] The Unseaworthy Ships Ordinance, 1906 [Cap 144] The Shipping Casualties, Wrecks and Salvage Ordinance, 1907 [Cap 145] The Shipwrecked Passengers Ordinance, 1888 [Cap 146] The Carriage of Goods by Sea Ordinance, 1926 [Cap 147] The Territorial Waters Ordinance, 1921 [Cap 148] The Foreshores Ordinance, 1931 [Cap 149] The Police Ordinance, 1950 [Cap 150] The Medical Practitioners, Dentists and Druggists Ordinance, 1908 [Cap 151] The Nurses Ordinance, 1956 [Cap 152] The Midwives Ordinance, 1959 [Cap 153] The Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1926 [Cap 154] The West African Council for Medical Research (Sierra Leone Status) Ordinance, 1954 [Cap 155] The West African Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research (Sierra Leone Status) Ordinance, 1950 [Cap 156] The Lunacy Ordinance, 1902 [Cap 157] The Lunatics Removal Ordinance, 1932 [Cap 158] The Lunatics Removal (West African Territories) Ordinance, 1905 [Cap 159] The Post Office Ordinance, 1904 [Cap 160] The Post Office Savings Bank Ordinance, 1937 [Cap 161] The Stamps (Demonetisation Ordinance, 1931 [Cap 162] The Telegrams (Production) Ordinance, 1939 [Cap 163] The Telegraphs Ordinance, 1900 [Cap 164] The Wireless Telegraphy Ordinance, 1913 [Cap 165] The Electric Light and Power Ordinance, 1959 [Cap 166] The Lighting Control Ordinance, 1938 [Cap 167] The Water Control Ordinance, 1943 [Cap 168] The Official Oaths Ordinance, 1923 [Cap 169] The Official Secrets Ordinance, 1941 [Cap 170] The Change of Titles Ordinance, 1933 [Cap 171] The Public Officers Protection Ordinance, 1936 [Cap 172] The Pensions Ordinance, 1946 [Cap 173] The Widows and Orphans (African Officers) Pensions Ordinance, 1957 [Cap 174] The Widows and Orphans (Overseas Officers) Pensions Ordinance, 1953 [Cap 175] The Sierra Leone Naval Volunteer Force Ordinance, 1939 [Cap 176] The Sierra Leone Naval Volunteer Force (General Service) Ordinance, 1937 [Cap 177] The Naval Establishments Ordinance, 1946 [Cap 178] The Royal West Africa Frontier Force Ordinance, 1923 [Cap 179] The Royal West Mrican Frontier Force (Sierra Leone Regiment Reserve) Ordinance, 1927 [Cap 180] The Royal West African Frontier Force (Supplementary Reserve, Sierra Leone) Ordinance, 1939 [Cap 181] The Royal vVest African Frontier Force (Military Units) Ordinance, 1953 [Cap 182] The Incitement to Disaffection Ordinance, 1939 [Cap 183] The War Pensions Ordinance, 1939 [Cap 184] |
Volume 4 |
The Agricultural Ordinance, 1946 [Cap 185] The West African Cocoa Research Institute (Sierra Leone Status) Ordinance, 1956 [Cap 186] The West African Institute Short title for Oil Palm Research (Sierra Leone Status) Ordinance, 1951 [Cap 187] The Locusts (Destruction) Ordinance, 1931 [Cap 188] The Forestry Ordinance, 1912 [Cap 189] The Bush Fire Prevention Ordinance, 1906 [Cap 190] The Animals' Diseases Ordinance, 1944 [Cap 191] The Impounding Ordinance, 1905 [Cap 192] The Dogs Ordinance, 1900 [Cap 193] The Wild Animals, Birds and Fish Preservation Ordinance, 1901 [Cap 194] The Fisheries Ordinance, 1957 [Cap 195] The Minerals Ordinance, 1927 [Cap 196] The Mining (Mineral Oil) Ordinance, 1958 [Cap 197] The Alluvial Diamond Mining Ordinance, 1956 [Cap 198] The Diamond Industry Protection Ordinance, 1956 [Cap 199] The Diamond Industry Profit Tax Ordinance, 1935 [Cap 200] The Protectorate Mining Benefits Trust Fund Ordinance, 1932 [Cap 201] The Tonkolili Agreement Ordinance, 1933 [Cap 202] The Tonkolili (Supplementary) Agreement Ordinance, 1943 [Cap 203] The Tonkolili Supplementary Agreements (1947) Ratification Ordinance, 1948, 1947 [Cap 204] The Tonkolili and Marampa Supplementary Agreement (1956) Ratification Ordinance, 1956, 1956 [Cap 205] The Rokel River Water Short title. Rights Agreement (Ratification) Ordinance, 1938 [Cap 206] The Diamond Agreements and Licence (Ratification) Ordinance, 1933 [Cap 207] The Diamond Supplementary Agreement (1951) Ratification Ordinance, 1952, 1952 [Cap 208] The Diamond Supplementary Agreement (1954) Ratification Ordinance, 1954, 1954 [Cap 209] The Diamond Supplementary Agreement (1955) Ratification Ordinance, 1956, 1955 [Cap 210] The Diamond Supplementary Agreement (1956) Ratification Ordinance, 1956, 1956 [Cap 211] The Employers and Employed Ordinance, 1935 [Cap 212] The Registration of Employees Ordinance, 1947 [Cap 213] The African Labourers Short title. (Employment at Sea) Ordinance, 1937 [Cap 214] The African Labourers (Employment at Sea) Ordinance, 1937 [Cap 215] The Recruiting of Workers Ordinance, 1941 [Cap 216] The Docks Regulation Ordinance, 1938 [Cap 217] The Machinery (Safe Working and Inspection) Ordinance, 1941 [Cap 218] The Workmen's Compensation Ordinance, 1955 [Cap 219] The Wages Boards Ordinance, 1945 [Cap 220] The Trade Unions Ordinance, 1940 [Cap 221] The Trade Disputes (Declaration of Law) Ordinance, 1940 [Cap 222] The Trade Disputes (Arbitration and Inquiry) Ordinance, 1939 [Cap 223] The Auctioneers Ordinance, 1895 [Cap 224] The Sale of Goods Ordinance, 1950 [Cap 225] The Weights and Measures Ordinance, 1900 [Cap 226] The Bills of Exchange Ordinance, 1892 [Cap 227] The Control of Goods Ordinance, 1956 [Cap 228] The Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Ordinance, 1949 [Cap 229] The Palm Oil Ordinance, 1913 [Cap 230] The Trade Protection Ordinance, 1897 [Cap 231] The Folded Woven Goods Ordinance, 1933 [Cap 232] The Importation of Textiles (Quotas) Ordinance, 1934 [Cap 233] The Arms and Ammunition Ordinance, 1923 [Cap 234] The Explosives Ordinance, 1908 [Cap 235] The Petroleum Ordinance, 1926 [Cap 236] The Liquor Ordinance, 1924 [Cap 237] The Liquor Licensing Ordinance, 1960 [Cap 238] The Palm Wine Ordinance, 1927 [Cap 239] The Moneylenders Ordinance, 1942 [Cap 240] The Bills of Sale Ordinance, 1949 [Cap 241] The Moneylending and Standing Crops Transactions (Protectorate) Ordinance, 1926 [Cap 242] The Pawnbrokers Ordinance, 1935 [Cap 243] The TradeMarks Ordinance, 1913 [Cap 244] The Merchandise Marks Ordinance, 1889 [Cap 245] The United Kingdom Designs (Protection) Ordinance, 1936 [Cap 246] The Patents Ordinance, 1925 [Cap 247] The Copyright Ordinance, 1914 [Cap 248] |
Volume 5 |
The Companies Ordinance, 1938 [Cap 249] The French Company Ordinance, 1911 [Cap 250] The Societe Commerciale L'Ouest Africain Ordinance, 1922 [Cap 251] The Socony-Vacuum Oil Company Ordinance, 1946 [Cap 252] The Co-operative Societies Ordinance, 1949 [Cap 253] The Friendly Societies Ordinance, 1886 [Cap 254] The General Registration Ordinance, 1905 [Cap 255] The Registration of Instruments Ordinance, 1906 [Cap 256] The Business Names and Registration Ordinance, 1954 [Cap 257] The Sierra Leone Development Fund Ordinance, 1952 [Cap 258] The Development of Shdrt title Industries (Assistance) Ordinance, 1946 [Cap 259] The Coins Ordinance, 1927 [Cap 260] The Currency Notes (Discount) and Premium on Silver Prohibition Ordinance, 1918 [Cap 261] The Currency Notes (West African Board) (Legal Tender) Ordinance, 1918 [Cap 262] The Alloy Coinage (Discount Prohibition) Ordinance, 1920 [Cap 263] The Counterfeit Currency Ordinance, 1936 [Cap 264] The Exchange Control Ordinance, 1954 [Cap 265] The Colonial Treasury Bills Ordinance, 1922 [Cap 266] The Trustee Investment in Sierra Leone Government Securities Ordinance, 1902 [Cap 267] The General Loan and Stock Ordinance, 1950 [Cap 268] The Loan (1949) Ordinance, 1949 [Cap 269] The Local Loans Ordinance, 1956 [Cap 270] The Customs Ordinance, 1949 [Cap 271] The Customs Tariff Ordinance, 1932 [Cap 272] The Income Tax Ordinance, 1944 [Cap 273] The Stamp Duty Ordinance, 1905 [Cap 274] The Bishop of Sierra Leone Incorporation Ordinance, 1905 [Cap 275] The Bishop of Freetown and Bo and the Apostolic Prefect of Makeni Incorporation Ordinance, 1959 [Cap 276] The Saint George's Cathedral Ordinance, 1898 [Cap 277] The Sierra Leone Church Committee Incorporation Ordinance, 1876 [Cap 278] The Church Missionary Society Lands Ordinance, 1905 [Cap 279] The Countess of Huntindon's Connexion Ordinance, 1915 [Cap 280] The Methodist Lands, Rawdon Street, Ordinance, 1872 [Cap 281] The United Brethren in Christ Ordinance, 1921 [Cap 282] The Sierra Leone Amateur Sports Council Ordinance, 1955 [Cap 283] The Chiefdom Police Ordinance, 1959 [Cap 284] The Diamond Corporations Agreement (1959) (Ratification) Ordinance, 1959 [Cap 285] The Excise Ordinance, 1960 [Cap 286] The Freetown Hotel Limited Agreement (Ratification) Ordinance, 1959 [Cap 287] The Freetown Training College for Teachers Ordinance, 1959 [Cap 288] The Geneva Conventions Ordinance, 1959 [Cap 289] The Loan {1959) Ordinance, 1959 [Cap 290] The Pensions (Old Conditions of Service) (Extension of Rights) Ordinance, 1959 [Cap 291] The Retirement Benefits or Public Officers Ordinance, 1959 [Cap 292] The Sierra Leone Library Board Ordinance, 1959 [Cap 293] The Titanium Agreement (Ratification) Ordinance, 1959 [Cap 294] The Townships Ordinance, 1959 [Cap 295] |