Preamble, Act, 1981

ACT. Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Extraordinary Vol. "CXII, No. 67 dated 16th Novenber, 198I SiGNED this 16th day of November, 1981. SIAKA STEVENS, Pres.dent LS No. 17 1981 Sierra Leone The Constitution of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Act, 1981 Short title. Being an Act to amend the Constitution of Sierra Leone, so as to harmonize it with the Constitution of the All People's Congress; and for connected purposes. [19th November, 1981] Date of Commence Be IT ENACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in ment. this present Parliament assembled as follows: No 17 The Consrittion Siera Loone (Amendnent) 1981 Amendment 1. Subsection (5) of Section 38 of the Constitution of Sierra of Section Leone is hereby amended by the deletion of the word "two38 (5) of the Consti- appearing inthe first and eighth lines thereof, and the substitution therefor of the word three ".tution. Amendment 2. Subsection (1) of Section 45 of the Constitution of Sierra of Section Leone is hereby amended by the repcaling and replacing of 45 (1)(6)of paragraph (b) thereof by the following new paragraph (b)the Consti tution. (b) if he is a member of any Commission established under this Constitution, or a member of the armed forces of the Republic or has been such member within twelve months prior to the date on which he seeks to be elected, or if he is a public officer, an employee of a public corporation as defined in subsection (2) of Section 137of the Constitution, a teacher or lecturer in a Government school or institution or a Government assisted school or institution,or has been such officer, employee, teacher, Or lecturer, and has not resigned or retired at least three months prior to the date on which he seeks to be elected; Passed in Parliament this 9th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighty-one. J. W.E. DAVIES, Clerk Parliament THS PeNTED IMPRESSION has been careully compared by me with the Bill which has passed Parliament and found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill. J. W. E. DAVIES, Clerk of Parliament PRINTED BY THE GoveRNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT, SERRA LEONB GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY No,67 oF 16TH NoVEMBER,1981.