**The Freetown Municipality (Amendment) Act, 1970** [Margin: Short title.]

3 Assented to in Her Majesty's name this *16th* day of *February, 1970.* BANJA TEJAN-SIE, *Acting Governor-General.* (LS) [Handwritten: See Act 20/73] No. 3 [Coat of arms: UNITY FREEDOM JUSTICE — Sierra Leone] 1970 **The Freetown Municipality (Amendment) Act, 1970** [Margin: Short title.] [*19th February, 1970.*] [Margin: Date of commencement.] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— [Margin: Repeal and replacement of section 10 of Cap. 65.]

Section 10 of the Freetown Municipality Act (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act) is hereby repealed and replaced by the following new section— 4 No. 3 *Freetown Municipality (Amendment)* 1970 [Margin: "Councillors to be elected for each Ward.] 10. (1) Each Ward of the City shall be represented by four elected Councillors, each of whom (whether or not he is subsequently elected Alderman) shall retire after holding office for three years but shall be eligible for re-election. (2) If a vacancy should occur in the office of Councillor or Alderman otherwise than at a general election, any person elected to fill such vacancy shall hold office until the next general election. (3) Any person elected at the first general election after the commencement of this Act shall be deemed, for the purposes of this section, to have been elected for a term of three years ending on the day immediately before the date on which the second general elections are held.". [Margin: Repeal and Replacement of sub-section (2) of section 28 of Cap. 65.]

"(2) On such date after the commencement of this Act as the Minister may by Order declare all seats in the Council shall become vacant and there shall be a general election of members of the Council and former members of the Council shall be eligible for election or re-election as the case may be; and thereafter an election to fill the vacancies caused by the retirement of those members whose term of office has expired shall be held triennially on the first day of April.". [Margin: Amendment of section 63 (1) of Cap. 65.]

Subsection (1) of section 63 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution in the first line thereof for the date "the 30th day of April" the date "the 30th day of June". Passed in the House of Representatives this *29th* day of *January*, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventy. J. W. E. DAVIES, *Clerk of the House of Representatives.* THIS PRINTED IMPRESSION has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which has passed the House of Representatives and found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill. J. W. E. DAVIES, *Clerk of the House of Representatives.*