The Local Authorities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1965 (Amendment) Decree, 1994 [Margin: Short title.]

5 N.P.R.C. Decree No. 8 1994 [Coat of arms: UNITY FREEDOM JUSTICE] Sierra Leone The Local Authorities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1965 (Amendment) Decree, 1994 [Margin: Short title.] Being a Decree to amend the Local Authorities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1965 [8th January, 1994] [Margin: Date of Commencement.] PURSUANT to paragraph 3 of the Proclamation entitled "The Administration of Sierra Leone (National Provisional Ruling Council) Proclamation, 1992", the National Provisional Ruling Council makes and issues the following Decree:— [Margin: Commencement.]

6 No. 8 The Local Authorities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Amendment) Decree 1994 [Margin: Amendment of section 2 (1) (i) of Act No. 50 of 1965.]

The Local Authorities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1965 is amended by repealing sub-paragraph (i) of subsection (1) of section 2 thereof and replacing it by the following new sub-paragraph— "(i) direct that the local authority cease to exercise or perform all or any of its powers and duties for a period not exceeding one year; and" MADE and ISSUED this 21st day of February, 1994. CAPTAIN VALENTINE E. M. STRASSER Chairman, National Provisional Ruling Council. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Decree but is intended to indicate its general purport). The purpose of this Decree is to extend the period of six months to one year during which a local authority may be ordered to cease to exercise or perform all or any of its functions and a Committee of Management be appointed to exercise and perform those functions in its place.