'Election means election to the Council constituted in accordance with this Order.

(2.) In the construction of this Order the provisions of "The Interpretation Ordinance, 1906," shall, subject to the express provisions of this Order, and notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in such Ordinance, apply as if this Order were an Ordinance of the Legislative Council of the colony.

4. The Council shall consist of

The Governor as President;

Eleven official members;

Three elected unofficial members; and not more than seven nominated unofficial members, of whom three shall be Paramount Chiefs of the protectorate.

5.-(1.) The official members of the Council shall consist of the following persons:

The five senior members of the Executive Council holding office in Sierra Leone;

The officers lawfully discharging the functions of the Commissioners of the northern, central and southern provinces of the protectorate;

The officers lawfully discharging the functions of Comptroller of Customs, Director of Public Works and of Commissioner of Lands and Forests.

(2.) Whenever the Attorney-General for the time being isunable, although present in Sierra Leone, to attend a meeting of the Council, the Solicitor-General may attend in his place and with the same precedence.

6. The elected unofficial members of the Council shall be elected by persons duly qualified as electors as hereinafter provided who are resident within the electoral districts hereinafter prescribed.

7.-(1.) For the purpose of the election of members to serve on the Council, the following electoral districts shall be created:

(a.) The urban electoral district; and

(b.) The rural electoral district.

(2.) The urban electoral district shall consist of—

(a.) The city of Freetown as defined by Section 4 of "The Freetown Municipality Consolidation Ordinance, 1908," or by any Ordinance amending or substituted for the same; and

(b.) The Sherbro Judicial District as defined by the Governor's Order, made under Section 3 of " The Magistrates Courts Ordinance, 1905," bearing date the 16th day of May, 1912, or by any Order amending or substituted for the same.

(3.) The rural electoral district shall consist of those portions of the colony not being within the city of Freetown which are situated within the peninsula of Sierra Leone,. together with Tassoh Island and the Banana Islands.

(4.) There shall be two members elected for the urban electoral district and one for the rural electoral district.

8. The nominated unofficial members of the Council shall be such persons not holding office in Sierra Leone as the Governor may, from time to time, by instrument under the public seal appoint, subject to disallowance or confirmation by His Majesty, signified through a Secretary of State.

Every such member shall vacate his seat at the end of five years from the date of the instrument by which he is appointed or at such earlier date as may be provided by that instrument:

Provided that if any such member is provisionally appointed, as hereinafter provided, to fill a vacant seat in the Council, and his provisional appointment is immediately followed by his definitive appointment, the aforesaid period of five years shall be reckoned from the date of the instrument provisionally appointing him.

Every such member shall be eligible to be re-appointed by the Governor for a further term not exceeding five years, subject to the approval of His Majesty, signified through a Secretary of State.

9. Whenever upon any special occasion the Governor wishes to obtain the advice of any person within Sierra Leone touching any matters about to be brought before the Council, he may by an instrument under the public seal appoint any such person to be, for such occasion, an extraordinary member of the Council.

10. The members of the Council shall take precedence as His Majesty may specially assign, and in default thereof

(1.) First, the official members according to their seniority in the Executive Council or, if they are not members thereof, according to the order in which they are named in Article 5 of this Order, provided that the officers lawfully discharging the functions of the Commissioners of the northern, central and southern provinces shall rank according to their seniority in the administrative service of Sierra Leone;

(2.) Secondly, the elected unofficial members and the nominated unofficial members according to the length of time during which they have been continuously members of the Council, members elected or appointed at the same time taking precedence amongst themselves according to the alphabetical order of their names:

Provided nevertheless that any such member re-elected or re-appointed immediately on the termination of his term of office shall take precedence according to the date from which he has been continuously a member of the Council.

11. If any nominated unofficial member of the Council shall die or shall, with the permission of the Governor, by writing under his hand addressed to the Governor, resign

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his seat in the Council, or shall be suspended or removed from the exercise of his functions as a member of the Council, or shall be declared by the Governor by an instrument under the public seal to be incapable of exercising his functions as such member, or shall be temporarily absent from Sierra Leone, or if his seat become vacant, the Governor may by an instrument under the said seal provisionally appoint in his place some other person resident within Sierra Leone to be temporarily a member of the Council.

Every such provisional appointment may be disallowed by His Majesty through a Secretary of State, or may be revoked by the Governor by any such instrument as aforesaid.

12. Every person so provisionally appointed shall be to all intents and purposes a nominated unofficial member of the Council until his appointment shall be disallowed, or revoked, or superseded by the definitive appointment in his place of a nominated unofficial member of the Council, or until the person in whose place he has been appointed shall be relieved from suspension, or declared by the Governor by an instrument under the public seal to be capable of exercising the functions of a member of the Council or shall have returned to Sierra Leone.

13. The Governor shall, without delay, report to His Majesty for his confirmation or disallowance, signified through a Secretary of State, every appointment whether definitive or provisional of any person as a nominated unofficial member of the Council. Every such person shall hold his place in the Council during His Majesty's pleasure.

14. The Governor may by an instrument under the public seal suspend any official member or any nominated unofficial member of the Council from the exercise of his functions as a member of the Council. Every such suspension shall be forthwith reported by the Governor to a Secretary of State, and shall remain in force unless and until it shall be either removed by the Governor by an instrument under the said seal, or disallowed by His Majesty through a Secretary of State.

15. If any nominated unofficial member of the Council, when duly summoned to attend, absents himself without sufficient cause, and persists in such absence, after being thereof admonished by the Governor, the Governor is to suspend such member until His Majesty's pleasure therein be known, giving immediate notice thereof to His Majesty, through a Secretary of State.

16. If any nominated unofficial member of the Council be absent from Sierra Leone for the space of six calendar months, without the leave of the Governor first obtained, or shall remain absent from Sierra Leone for the space of one

year without His Majesty's leave first obtained, his place in the Council shall thereupon become void.

17. Any person (save as hereinafter excepted) who shall be registered as an elector for the election of elected members of the Council, and

(a.) Who is seised or possessed of real or personal property or both to the value of £250, shall be qualified and entitled to be elected a representative of the urban electoral district, as defined in Article 7 in this Order, and

(b.) Who is seised or possessed of real or personal property or both to the value or amount of £100 shall be qualified and entitled to be elected a representative of the rural electoral district.

18. No person shall be capable of being elected a member of the Council, or, having been elected, shall sit or vote in the Council, who

(1.) Is not of the age of 25 years or upwards; or

(2.) Has been sentenced by any competent British Court, whether of Sierra Leone or not, for any crime punishable by death, hard labour for any period, or imprisonment for a period exceeding one year, and has not received a free pardon from His Majesty for the crime for which he has been so sentenced; or

(3.) Is an undischarged bankrupt, whether he has been declared a bankrupt by a Court in Sierra Leone or by any other British Court; or

(4.) Has within five years before the election received charitable relief in Sierra Leone from any public source; or

(5.) Has been dismissed from the Government service; or (6.) Has been debarred from practising as a legal or medical practitioner by order of any competent authority; or (7.) Is of unsound mind; or

(8.) Is in receipt of salary payable out of the public revenue of Sierra Leone; or

(9.) Is not registered as an elector.

19. All questions which may arise as to the right of any person to be or remain an elected member of the Council shall be referred to and decided by the Supreme Court of the colony.

20. Every person who

(1.) Having been returned as an elected member of the Council, but not having been, at the time of his election, qualified to be an elected member, sits or votes in the Council; or

(2.) Having been duly returned as an elected member of the Council, sits or votes in the Council after his seat has become vacant,

shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £50 for every day on which he so sits and votes; and such penalty may be

recovered, with costs, by an action in the Supreme Court of the colony by any person who may sue for the same.

21. Every elected member of the Council shall vacate his seat at the expiration of five years from the date of his election, but shall be eligible for re-election if not disqualified under the provisions of this Order.

22. If any elected member of the Council shall at any time, by writing under his hand addressed to the Governor, resign his seat in the Council, or shall become subject to any of the disqualifications specified in Article 18 of this Order, or shall have any direct or indirect pecuniary interest in any contract with the Government of Sierra Leone for or on account of the public service otherwise than as a member and in common with the other members of an incorporated company consisting of more than twenty-five persons, or shall take any oath or make any declaration of allegiance to any foreign State or Power, his seat in the Council shall thereupon become vacanť.

An elected member of the Council may, with the permission of the Governor, be absent from the sittings of the Council or from Sierra Leone for a period or periods not exceeding twelve calendar months at any one time; but if any elected member shall for any reason be so absent for more than twelve consecutive calendar months, or shall be absent, except on the ground of illness, from the sittings of the Council for a period of two calendar months during the session of the Council, without the leave of the Governor, his seat in the Council shall thereupon become vacant.

Whenever the seat of an elected member has become vacant, the Governor shall, as soon as possible, issue directions for the election of a new member in the place of the member whose seat has become vacant.

23.—(1.) Every male person shall be entitled to be registered as an elector, and when registered to vote at the election of elected member of the Council, who

(a.) Is a British subject, or a native of the Protectorate of Sierra Leone; and

(b.) Is of the age of 21 years or upwards; and

(c.) Has been ordinarily resident for the twelve months immediately preceding the date of registration in the electoral district for which the election is being held; and

(d.)-(i.) Has been, for the twelve months immediately preceding the date of registration, the owner or occupier (jointly or severally) of any house, warehouse, counting-house, shop, store or other building (in this Order referred to as qualifying property) in the electoral district of which the annual value is, in the urban electoral district not less than £10; and in the rural electoral district not less than £6: Provided that where any persons appear to be joint occupiers of