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NPRC DECREE N0.6 1994

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DECREES Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Vol. CXXV, No. 14 dated 17th March, 1994 N.P.R.C. Decree No. 6 [Coat of Arms] Sierra Leone 1994 The Civil Marriage (Amendment) Decree, 1994 [Margin: Short title.] Being a Decree to amend the Civil Marriage Act, Cap. 97 [1st July, 1992] [Margin: Date of commencement.] PURSUANT to paragraph 3 of the Proclamation, entitled "The Administration of Sierra Leone (National Provisional Rung Council) Proclamation, 1992", the National Provisional Ruling Council makes and issues the following Decree—

Section 2

Schedule E of the Civil Marriage Act is repealed and replaced by the following new Schedule— [Margin: Replacement of Schedule E to Cap. 97] 2 No. 6 The Civil Marriage (Amendment) Decree 1994 "SCHEDULE E (Section 21) FEES | | Leones | |---|---| | Filing every notice and entering the same ... ... ... ... | 5,000.00 | | On issue of each certificate ... ... ... ... | 10,000.00 | | Licence to marry without notice or certificate ... ... | 40,000.00 | | On every other marriage in Registrar's Office ... ... | 3,000.00 | | For searching the Marriage Register books for every half-hour or fraction thereof during which the search shall continue ... | 500.00 | | For a certified extract ... ... ... ... ... | 2,000.00" | MADE and ISSUED this 8th day of February, 1993. CAPTAIN VALENTINE E. M. STRASSER Chairman, National Provisional Ruling Council.

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