Section 6 (3), An Act to amend the Crown Lands Ordinance, 1960

(1) If the Minister is of the opinion– (a) In the case of the whole of Sierra Leone, that a scheme should be made for the whole of Sierra Leone; or (b) In the case of Freetown, after consultation with the Freetown Committee of Management, in the case of other towns established under the Townships Act, with the Committees of Management of those towns; in the case of the Shebro Urban District, with the Shebro Urban District Committee of Management, and in the case of other parts of Sierra Leone, with the appropriate local authorities that a scheme should be made for that area; and (c) After hearing the views of members of the public in the areas referred to in paragraph (a) and (b) in public hearings. the Minister may by Order declare that the whole of Sierra Leone or the area, so specified by a survey plan, as case may be, shall be a planning area. (2) Any person affected by an Order made under subsection (1) May make a representation to the Minister and the Minister may modify the area specified in the plan after considering such representation, by adding thereto or omitting therefrom any portion or portions of land. (3) An Order made under subsection (1) shall come into operation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (7) of section 170 of the Constitution of Sierra Leone and shall cease to have effect, if within three years from the date of its coming into operation, no scheme has been approved under section 17. (4) A copy of an Order made under subsection (1) shall also be posted at such place or places within the planning area as the Minister shall direct. (5) When an area has been declared a planning area the value of any building or land in such area shall, for the purposes of determining the amount of compensation or betterment payable under the provisions of this Act, be deemed to be the value of the building or land at the date of such declaration. “Declaration of Area. Cap 295. 14 No. 3 Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 2001 2001 Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act No. 3 15 Cap 81.Amendment Cap. 81. PASSED in Parliament this 3rd day of April, in the year of Our Lord two thousand and one. J. A. CARPENTER, Clerk of Parliament which has passed Parliament and found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill. J. A. CARPENTER, Clerk of Parliament PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT, SIERRA LEONE. GAZETTE NO. 23 OF 3RD MAY, 2001. 16 No. 3 Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 2001 N. R. C. Decree 1968 No. 7 The Non-Citizens (Interest in Land) Act, (Amendment) Decree, 1968 (8th February, 2001) PURSUANT to the Proclamation entitled “Administration of Sierra Leone (National Reformation Council) Proclamation, 1967”, published in the Gazette on the 25th of March, 1967, the National Reformation Council hereby makes and issues the following Decree:– 1. Section 2 of the Non-Citizens (Interest in Land) Act, 1966 is hereby amended by substituting for the definition of “Board” therein, the following new definition– to section 2 of Act No. 30 of 1966. A 15 “Board” means a Board consisting of – (i) The National Reformation Council Member with responsibility for Trade, Industry and Agriculture; (ii) The National Reformation Council Member with responsibility for Works Transport and Communications; (iii) The National Reformation Council Member with responsibility for Finance; (iv) The Attorney-General; and (v) The Secretary, Economic Development and Planning Division of the Department of Finance, of which the National Reformation Council Member with responsibility for Works, Transport and Communications shall be the Chairman”. MADE and ISSUED this 22nd day of January, 1968. BRIG. A. T. JUXON-SMITH Chairman, National Reformation Council. A 16 No. 7 Non-Citizens (Interest in Land (Amendment) Act 1968 No. 30 1966 The Non-Citizens (Interests in Lands) Act, 1966 (22nd September, 1966) BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:– A 111 Assented to in Her Majesty’s name this 12th day of September, 1966.