{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sierra-leone-independence-act-1961/schedule-THIRD/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/16",
  "legislation_title": "Sierra Leone Independence Act 1961",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sierra-leone-independence-act-1961",
  "path": "schedule/THIRD/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the Visiting Forces Act 1952—\n(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”;\n(b) in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section ten the expression “colony” shall not include Sierra Leone or any part thereof;\nuntil 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1952 c. 67."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "The text of s. 3(2)(a), Sch. 3 para. 7(a) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/16/schedule/THIRD/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:10:34.419836+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}