Part 1, **The Constitutional and Statutory Instruments Act, 1999** [Margin: Short title.]

SIGNED this *13th* day of *September, 1999.* AHMAD TEJAN KABBAH, *President.* (LS) No. 6 1999 Sierra Leone **The Constitutional and Statutory Instruments Act, 1999** [Margin: Short title.] **Being an Act to provide for the enactment and publication of subsidiary legislation by constitutional instrument or statutory instrument, as the case may be, and for other matters connected therewith.** *[16th September, 1999]* [Margin: Date of commencement.] 2 No. 6 *Constitutional and Statutory Instruments Act* 1999 WHEREAS by section 170 of the Constitution, "(l) The Laws of Sierra Leone shall comprise— (c) any orders, rules, regulations and other statutory instruments made by any person or authority pursuant to a power conferred in that behalf by this Constitution or any other law": AND WHEREAS by section 171 of the Constitution, "constitutional instrument" means an instrument made under a power conferred in that behalf by the Constitution", and "statutory instrument" means any proclamation, regulation, order, rule or other instrument (not being an Act of Parliament) having the force of law": AND WHEREAS it is desirable that additional provision be made in respect of statutory instruments and constitutional instruments: NOW, THEREFORE, it is enacted by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled as follows:— PART I — SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION BY STATUTORY INSTRUMENT [Margin: Power to make statutory and constitutional instruments.] **1.** (1) Where in any Act, power is conferred on any person or authority to make any proclamation, regulation, order, rule, notice, by-law or any other instrument having the force of law, that power shall be exercised by statutory instrument. (2) Subject to section 14, where the power referred to in subsection (1) is conferred by the Constitution or it is so required thereunder, the power shall be exercised by a constitutional instrument. [Margin: Authentication of statutory instrument.] **2.** A statutory instrument shall be authenticated by the signature at the end thereof, of the person or authority empowered to make it. [Margin: Commencement of statutory instrument.] **3.** (1) In accordance with subsection (7) of section 170 of the Constitution, every statutory instrument shall be laid before Parliament and shall be published in the *Gazette* on or before the date of being so laid: No. 6 *Constitutional and Statutory Instruments Act* 1999 3