Part 1, **The Parliamentary Pensions Act, 1980** [Margin: Short title.]

ACTS *Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Vol. CXI, No. 11* *dated 28th February, 1980* SIGNED this *26th* day of *February, 1980.* SIAKA STEVENS, *President.* (LS) [Stamp: SIERRA LEONE LAW SCHOOL LIBRARY] No. 1 1980 Sierra Leone **The Parliamentary Pensions Act, 1980** [Margin: Short title.] **Being an Act to provide for the establishment of a pension scheme for Members who have served the Legislature for a certain period and to provide for all matters connected therewith or incidental thereto** [ , *1980.*] [Margin: Date of commencement.] BE IT ENACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:— [Margin: Commencement.] **1.** This Act shall come into force on such date as the President may, by Order published in the *Gazette*, appoint. 2 No. 1 *Parliamentary Pensions* 1980 [Margin: Interpretation.] **2.** In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— "Member of the Legislature" means President, Speaker or a person who has been elected or appointed as a Member of Parliament; "Deputy Minister" includes a Parliamentary Special Assistant. [Margin: Establishment of Pension Scheme.] **3.** There shall be established a non-contributory pension scheme (hereinafter referred to as "the pension scheme") for the grant of pensions to persons who have ceased to be Members of the Legislature. [Margin: Application of Act.] **4.** Any person who has served as a Member of the Legislature of Sierra Leone as from 17th May, 1973 and who is a citizen of Sierra Leone at the time of the coming into operation of this Act, shall, subject to provisions hereinafter provided, be entitled to a pension under this Act. [Margin: Period of service in the Legislature and the annual pension rate.] **5.** A Member of the Legislature who has served as President for any period or as Vice-President for a period of twelve months, or as Speaker or Minister or Deputy Minister or Deputy Speaker or as Member of Parliament for a period of seven years shall be entitled to a monthly pension computed on the basis of the annual pension rate specified in the Schedule to this Act: