Section 28, The National Civil Registration Act, 2016

(1) The Civil Register, referred to in subsection (1) ofsection 27, shall contain vital statistics of citizens and residents throughout Sierra Leone. (2) The Civil Register shall record in the Integrated National Civil Registration System vital statistics of- (a) all citizens; and (b) all residents who- (i) have been granted permission to stay in Sierra Leone; (ii) are without citizenship but have settled permanently and primarily in Sierra Leone; or (iii) have been granted refugee or humanitarian status, or asylum in Sierra Leone. (3) The Civil Register shall be maintained, kept and preserved at the chiefdom, district and national level and into which shall be properly entered the events in the Registers specified in section 42 and in accordance with this Act.