Section 1: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

“Anti-Corruption Commission” means the Anti- Corruption Commission established by the Anti- Corruption Act, 2000; “assets” includes moveable and immoveable properties; “Chairperson” means a person elected in accordance with section 11 or 125 and includes a mayor in the case of the Freetown City Council; “Chiefdom Councils” means Chiefdom Councils established under the Chiefdom Councils Act; “Commission” means the Local Government Service Commission established by section 35; “Constitution” means the Constitution of Sierra Leone, 1991; “Councillor” means a member of a local council; “devolved function” means a function performed by Central Government but transferred to local councils under section 20; “elected Councillor” means a member of a local council elected under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 4; “elector” means any person whose name is on any Register of Electors prepared in accordance with the Electoral Laws Act, 2002; “financial year” means the financial year of the Government; “Inter-Ministerial Committee” means the Inter- Ministerial Committee on Local Government and Decentralisation established under section 109; “locality” means the administrative area of a local council and includes a district, town, city or metropolis; “local council” means a local council established under paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 2; “local tax” means the local tax established under the Local Tax Act; “Local Council Chief Administrator” means a person appointed under section 31; “Local Government Finance Committee” means the Local Government Finance Committee established under section 52; “Minister” means the Minister charged with responsibility for local government; “Ministry” means the Ministry responsible for local government; “ordinarily resident” means the home or place where a person normally resides and to which he returns after any period of temporary absence; “Paramount Chief Councillor” means a member of a local council selected under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 4; “transition period” means the first four years after the establishment of a local council under paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 2; “ward” means an area within a locality which is delineated and designated by the National Electoral Commission for the purpose of electing a Councillor to a local council. Interpretation. 2 3 6 of 1 of Cap. 61 2 of Cap 63 PART II–ESTABLISHMENT OF LOCALITIES AND LOCAL COUNCILS