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Section 2, The Abolition of the Death Penalty Act, 2021
Status not yet checkedThe Abolition of the Death Penalty Act, 2021, Sierra Leone
(1) Where an Act, before the coming into force of this Act, provides that a person is liable to the punishment of death, the
reference to the punishment of death shall be read, construed and
applied as maximum penalty of imprisonment for life.
(2) For the purpose of this Act the term life imprisonment
shall mean an imprisonment not less than 30 years.
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