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The Sierra Leone (United Nations Sanctions) Order 1997

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6.—(1) The provisions of article 3 of this Order shall apply to any person within the United Kingdom and to any person elsewhere who:

(a)is a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen, a British Overseas citizen, a British subject, or a British protected person; or

(b)is a body incorporated or constituted under the law of any part of the United Kingdom.

(2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this article, any person specified in paragraph (1) of this article who contravenes the provisions of article 3 of this Order shall be guilty of an offence under this Order.

(3) In the case of proceedings for an offence in contravention of article 3 of this Order it shall be a defence for the accused person to prove that he did not know and had no reason to suppose that the goods in question were to be supplied or delivered to a person connected with Sierra Leone.

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