l. This Act may be cited as the' Tribal Authorities Short title.(Amendment) Act, 1964.

Assented to in Her Majesty's name this 15th day of June. 1964 LS No. 13 uNIIY S. A. BENKA-COKER. Acting Governor-Genera). EREEDOMOE Sierra Leone An Act to Amend the Tribal Authorities Act A 101 Cap, 61, [18th June, 1964.] Date of BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by andwith the advice and consent of the House of Representatives nthis present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of thesame, as folloWs; commenco ment. l. This Act may be cited as the' Tribal Authorities Short title.(Amendment) Act, 1964. A 102 Cap. 19. Change of Title. No, 13 Columnl

«Chiefdom Councils " and that expression is hereby substitu for the expression Tribal Authorities ' in the title of the T Authoritics Act (hereinafter referred to as the existing Ac wherever it occurs in that Act or any other enactment and way of conscquential amendment the expressions set Out column 2 below are hereby substituted for those set otut coumn l wherever they occur in the existing Act or any ob Tribal Authority " " member of a Tribal Authority " or " member "" (where it means a member ofa TribalAuthority) *" NativeAdministration Tribal Authorities (Amendment) " native law and custom , or native law sections "Appoint ment and functions of Chiefdom Committee and other committees. be nsertion of 3. The existing Act is hereby amended by the insertion new section imnediately after section 4 thereof of the following new 4A in Cap. Column 2 Chiefdom Council " Chiefdom Councillor Chiefdom Administration " customary law ".

Chiefdom Committee which shall consist of (d) a (a) a Chairman who shall be the Paramount Chief; (b) a Vice Chairman who shall be the Senior Speaker; (c) two members from each ward in the Chief dom elected by the Chiefdom Councillors representing that ward; (a) to literate Councillor nominated by the Minister; (e) the Second Speaker, if any. For the purpose of this subsection the expressionward shall mean any ward which may have been properly delimited under customary law for the pur pose of electing a Chiefdom Council in accordancewith the provisions of section 2 or if no such wardshave been delimited a ward delimited in accordancewith,,, the provisions of section 4 of the DistrictCouncils Act. (2) The duties of the Chiefdom Committee shall prepare, every year, draft Estimates for consideration by the Chiefdom Chiefdom. Council ; enactmnent 61. No. 13 Tribal Authorities (Amendment) 1964 (b) to negotiate and supervise the execution ofany contracts lawfully entered into by theChiefdom Council; () to supervise and check all expenditure in theestimates approved in accordance with section 2 of the Chiefdom Treasuries Act;(d) to ensure and assist in the proper collectionof revenue: (e) to inspect the Chiefdom Books of accountmonthly: () to control and appoint staff: (g) generally to advise the Chiefdom Administration in the administration of Chiefdomaffairs; (h) to perform such other duties as may be delegated to it by the Chiefdom Council withthe approval of the Minister; () to initiate Chicfdom Bye-laws for consideration by the Chiefdom Council. (3) The Chiefdom Council may from time totime out of its number appoint committees either ofageneral or special nature for the purpose of any dutyor function which in the judgment of the ChiefdomCouncil would be more conveniently performed bymeans of a committee and may with the approval ofthe Minister delegate to such committee such of itspowers as it may think fit. (a) that no contract the value whereof exceedstwo hundred pounds shall be entered into without the previous written consent of the Tender Board comprising the DistrictOfficer, a public oficer nominated by theMinister of Works and the Chairman of the Chiefdom Committee

A Chiefdom Council may enter into such Contracts byContracts as may be necessary or expedient for carry- Chiefdoming into effect the provisions of this Act, or of anyother enactment conferring powers or duties uponChiefdom Councils, subject to the following condi (b) that every contract whereof the value exceeds one hundred pounds shall be inwriting signed by the Chairman of the Chiefdom Committee: A 103 Cap. 62. (c) that every contract shall specify the work,materials, matters or things to be furnishedhad or done, the price to be paid and thetime or times within which the contract is tobe performed; Councils. tions A 104 No. 13 Tribal Authorities (Amendment) M.P. C1/4 (d) before contracting for the execution of any works. the Council shall obtain an estimate in writing of the probable expense of execut ing the work in a substantial manner: (e) before any contract of which the value exceeds one hundred pounds is entered into, a noticc shall be published in the Gazeite describing the nature and purpose thereof, inviting tenders for the execution of the work so described and specifying a period of not less than two weeks during which tenders may be submitted; and the Council shall require and take sufficient security for the due performance of the contract.". Passed in the House of Representatives this 27st day of April, in the vear of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-four. S. V. WRIGHT, Clerk of the House of Representatives. TH:S 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. S. V. WRIGHT, Clerk of the House of Representatives.