Section 2, The Local Government Act, 2004

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the areas specified in Part I of the First Schedule shall be localities. (2) The President may for the purpose of this Act and acting on the recommendation of the Ministry, the Ministry responsible for finance and the National Electoral Commission, by statutory instrument– (a) declare any area within Sierra Leone as a locality; (b) assign a name to the locality; (c) establish a council for the locality; (d) provide for the number of persons constituting the council; (e) specify the place where the principal offices of the local council are to be situated; and (f) provide for such other matters as are required by this Act to be included in the instrument or are consequential to it. (3) The Minister, the Minister responsible for finance, and the National Electoral Commission shall, in making any recommendation, consider– (a) the population and population density; (b) the geographical contiguity; (c) the topography; (d) future growth or expansion, of the area.