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The Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation Act
2010
PART I –PRELIMINARY
Interpretation.
1.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires–
“Board” means the Board of Trustees referred to in
section 3;
“Corporation” means the Sierra Leone Broadcasting
Corporation an autonomous legal entity established
by section 2;
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for
Information and Communication;
“Broadcasting” means r adio (audio) and TV ( video
audio) transmission via terrestrial transmitters, direct
home satellite, or cable, using analogue or digital
technologies and transmission of multimedia
content via internet, mobile phones or using other
broadcasting technologies that may be developed
in the future transmitted for direct public receiving
by an unlimited number or users;
“Independent Medi a Commission” means the
Independent Media Commission established by the
Independent Media CommissionAct, 2000 (Act No.
12 of 2000)
“Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service” means the state
owned radio and television service established in
1935 transmitting via terrestrial transmitters using
analogue technology to an unlimited number of
users.
PART II–ESTABLISHMENT OF CORPORATION
Establishment
of Sierra
Leone
Broadcasting
Corporation.
2. (1) The Sier ra Leone Broadcasting Service is hereby
transformed into a body corporate to be known as the Sierra Leone
Broadcasting Corporation.
(2) The Corporation shall have perpetual succession and
capable of acquiring, holding and disposingof any property, whether
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movable or immovable, and of suing and being sued in its corporate
name and, subject to this Act, of performing all such acts as bodies
corporate may by law perform.
(3) The Corporation shall have a common seal, the affixing
of which shall be authenticated by the signatures of –
(a)
the Chairman or other member of the Board
generally or specifically authorised by the
Board for that purpose; and
(b) the Director-General or other officer of the
Corporation authorised by the Board for that
purpose.
3. (1) The governing body of the Corporation shall be a
Board of Trustees consisting of the following members –
(a) a Chairman, who shall be a person competent
and knowledgeable in the operation and
management of broadcasting, appointed by
the President subject to the approval of
Parliament.
(b) a representative each, of the following bodies,
elected by their respective governing bodies
(i ) Council of Paramount Chiefs;
(ii) Inter-Religious Council;
(iii) Women’s Forum;
(iv) Sierra Leone Bar Association;
(v) University of Sierra Leone (Engineering
Department);
Board of
Trustees.