Preamble, The Parliament Act, 2023

THE PARLIAMENT ACT, 2023 Being an Act to provide for the establishment of Parliamentary Commission, to provide for the leadership and governance structure of Parliament, to provide for the establishment of the Parliamentary Service, to provide for salaries and other benefits of Members of Parliament and staff and to provide for other related matters. [ ] ENACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled. Date of commencement. No. The Parliament Act 2023 SIGNED this 2nd day of May , 2023. DR. JULIUS MAADA BIO, President. LS 53. (1) The Commission may create, abolish or reclassify offices in the Parliamentary Service. (2) Where an office is abolished or reclassified the Commission may where appropriate redeploy the holder of the office or discontinue the service of the holder of the office and shall pay the officer such entitlement as appropriate in relation to the office. 54. Staff of Parliamentary Service may be supported to Proceed on secondment within or outside Sierra Leone for Career development. 55. The Parliamentary Service shall subject to the approval of the Commission grant Study leave to Parliamemtary Service staff for post-graduate studies only, within or outside Sierra Leone. 56. The Commission may, by Statutory Instrument make rules and regulations to give effect to this Act. 57. The following are hereby repealed or revoked - (a) The Parliamentary Service Act 2007; (b) Statutory Instrument No. 10 of 2012 relating to the Salary and Conditions of Service of the Speaker of Parliament. (c) Statutory Instrument No. 4 of 2006. (d) The Wages and Compensation Commission Act, 2023 shall not apply to the Parliament Act, 2023. Creation and Abolition of Offices. Study Leave. Secondment. Regulations. Repeal. No. 26 The Parliament Act 2023 PART I – PRELIMINARY