Preamble, The Telecommunications Act, 2006

ACT Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Vol. CXXXVII, No. 37 dated Thursday, 3rd August, 2006 THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT, 2006 Being an Act to establish the National Telecommunications Commission and to provide for the licensing and regulation of telecommunications operators and for the promotion of universal access to basic telecommunication services, fair competition for the benefit of investors in, and the users of telecommunication networks and services, to improve the national, regional and global integration of Sierra Leone in telecommunications and to provide for other related matters. [3rd August, 2006 ] Enacted by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled. Date of commencement. S IGNED this 25th day of July, 2006 ALHAJI AHMAD TEJAN KABBAH, President. LS PART I – PRELIMINARY