enter or leave Sierra Leone, and immunity from expulsion form Sierra Leone.
(2) Any restriction on a person's freedom of movement which is involved in his lawful detention shall not be held to
be inconsistent with or in contravention of this section.
(3) Nothing contained in or done under authority of any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention
of this section to the extent that the law in question makes provision—
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
which is reasonably required in the interests of defence, public safety, public order, public morality, public
health or the conservation of the natural resources, such as mineral, marine, forest and other resources of
Sierra Leone, except in so far as that provision or, as the case may be, the thing done under the authority
thereof is shown not to be reasonably justifiable in a democratic society; or
for the imposition of restrictions on the movement or residence within Sierra Leone of any person who is
not a citizen thereof or the exclusion of expulsion from Sierra Leone of any such persons; or
for the imposition of restrictions on the acquisition or use by any person of land or other property in Sierra
Leone; or
for the imposition of restrictions upon the movement or residence within Sierra Leone of public officers or
members of a defence force; or
for the removal of a person from Sierra Leone to be tried outside Sierra Leone for a criminal offence
recognised as such by the laws of Sierra Leone, or to serve a term of imprisonment outside Sierra Leone in
the execution of the sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been convicted; or
for preventing the departure from Sierra Leone of a person who is reasonably suspected of having
committed a crime or seeking to evade the fulfilment of an obligation imposed on him under the civil law or
to evade military service:
Provided that no court or other authority shall prohibit any such person from entering into or residing in any
place to which he is indigenous; or
g.
for restricting vagrancy.
(4) If —
a.
any person whose freedom of movement has been restricted by virtue only of such a provision as is
referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (3) so requests at any time during the period of that
restriction not earlier than thirty days after he last made such a request during that period, his case
shall be reviewed by an independent and impartial tribunal, established by law, comprising not
more than three persons from amongst persons of not less than fifteen years' standing entitled to
practice in Sierra Leone as legal practitioners;
b. any tribunal has been set up under paragraph (a), the Chairman of that tribunal shall be appointed
by the Chief Justice, and the two other members of the tribunal shall be nominated by the Sierra
Leone Bar Association.
(5) On any review by a tribunal in pursuance of subsection (4) of the case of any person whose freedom of movement
has been restricted, the tribunal may make recommendations concerning the necessity of expediency of continuing
that restriction to the authority by whom it was ordered, but unless it is otherwise provided by law, that authority
shall not be obliged to act in accordance with such recommendations.
Protection from slavery
and forced labour.
19. (1) No person shall be held in slavery or servitude or be required to perform forced labour or traffic or deal in
human beings.
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