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No. 3 Independent Media Commission (Amendment) Act 2006No. 3 Independent Media Commission (Amendment) Act 2006

Act No. 3 of 2006

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Preamble

No. 3 Independent Media Commission (Amendment) Act 2006No. 3 Independent Media Commission (Amendment) Act 2006
Short title.
No. 3 2006
Sierra Leone
The Independent Media Commission
(Amendment) Act, 2006.
Being an Act to amend the Independent Media
Commission Act, 2000.
[1st March, 2005]
E NACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this
present Parliament assembled.

Section 1

This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation onthe 1st day of March, 2005.

Section 2

The Independent Media Commission Act, 2000 is herebyamended by the repeal and replacement of section 4 by the following
section:–
Date of commencement.
ACT
Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Vol. CXXXVII, No. 16
dated 13th April, 2006
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE G OVERNMENT P RINTING D EPARTMENT , S IERRA LEONE .
GAZETTE N O. 16 OF 13TH APRIL, 2006.

Section 4 — (1) The Commission shall consist of a

Chairman and ten other members all of whom
shall be appointed by the President, acting
on the advice of SLAJ and subject to the
approval of Parliament.
(2) The Chairman shall be either a person
with wide experience as a media practitioner
or a legal practitioner qualified to hold office
as a Judge of the High Court of Sierra Leone
and the other members shall comprise:–
(a) two legal practitioners each of whom is
qualified to hold office as a Judge of the
High Court of Sierra Leone;
(b) two experts in the field of telecommunications;
(c) two experts in the field of radio or
television;
(d) two experts in the field of print
journalism;
(e) a representative of the Minister
responsible for information who shall
be an ex-officio member; and
(f) a representative of SLAJ who shall be
an ex-officio member.”.
“Composition
of Commission.
Commencement.
Amendment
of Act No. 12
of 2000.
Passed in Parliament this 23rd day of February, in the year of our Lord two
thousand and six.
J. A. CARPENTER,
Clerk of Parliament.
THIS P RINTED I MPRESSION has been carefully compared by me with the Bill
which has passed Parliament and found by me to be a true and correct printed copy
of the said Bill.
J. A. CARPENTER,
Clerk of Parliament.
S IGNED this 6th day of April, 2006
ALHAJI AHMAD TEJAN KABBAH,
President.
LS

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