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**The Chiefdom Councils (Amendment) Act, 1974** [Margin: Short title.]

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Preamble

A 109 SIGNED this *18th* day of *November, 1974.* SIAKA STEVENS, *President.* (LS) No. 13 [Coat of arms: UNITY FREEDOM JUSTICE] Sierra Leone 1974 **The Chiefdom Councils (Amendment) Act, 1974** [Margin: Short title.] **Being an Act to amend the Chiefdom Councils Act in order to vest certain powers in Chiefdom Councils** [*1st October, 1974.*] [Margin: Date of commencement.] BE IT ENACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:—

Section 2

The Chiefdom Councils Act is hereby amended by repealing the proviso to paragraph (g) of subsection (1) of section 16. [Margin: Amendment of Section 16 (1) (g) of Cap. 61.] A 110 No. 13 *Chiefdom Councils (Amendment)* 1974 Passed in Parliament this *16th* day of *October*, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventy-four. M. MUNU, *Acting Clerk of Parliament.* THIS PRINTED IMPRESSION has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which has passed Parliament and found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill. M. MUNU, *Acting Clerk of Parliament.*

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