http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/1Sierra Leone Republic Act 1972An Act to make provision as to the operation of the law in relation to Sierra Leone as a republic within the Commonwealth.1978-02-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2011-05-261991-02-01 1972 c.1An Act to make provision as to the operation of the law in relation to Sierra Leone as a republic within the Commonwealth.[10th February 1972]11All law to which this section applies, whether being a rule of law or a provision of an Act of Parliament or of any other enactment or instrument whatsoever, which was in force on 19th April 1971, or, having been passed or made before that date, comes or has come into force thereafter, shall, unless and until provision to the contrary is made by Parliament or some other authority having power in that behalf, have the same operation in relation to Sierra Leone, and persons and things belonging to or connected with Sierra Leone, as it would have apart from this subsection if Sierra Leone had not become a republic.2This section applies to law of, or any part of, the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man and, in relation only to any enactment of the Parliament of the United Kingdom or any Order in Council made by virtue of any such enactment whereby any such enactment applies in relation to Sierra Leone, to Law of any other country or territory to which that enactment or Order extends.3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4This section shall be deemed to have had effect from 19th April 1971.2This Act may be cited as the Sierra Leone Republic Act 1972.S. 1(3) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), Sch. 1 Pt. XV