Section 37, The National Civil Registration Act, 2016

(1) The Authority shall, for the registration of individualsin Sierra Leone and as a source of personal data, establish and maintain an electronic registration system to be known as the Integrated National Civil Registration System. (2) The Integrated National Civil Registration System shall have the following functions- (a) create and maintain civil status registers in electronic format; (b) create and maintain automated databases on the basis of civil status registers; (c) keep the unique administrative identifier for individuals specified in this Act including the National Identification Number and biometric details and; (d) create and maintain the national classification of permanent and residential addresses of persons in the Republic of Sierra Leone. (3) The Integrated National Civil Registration System shall function at national, regional, district, chiefdom and ward levels.