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Preamble

Short title.
No. 5 2013
Sierra Leone
The Constitution of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Act, 2013.
Being an Act to amend the Constitution of Sierra Leone,
1991.
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ENACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this
present Parliament assembled.

Section 1

The Constitution of Sierra Leone 1991 is amended by therepeal and replacement of subsection (1) of section 79 by the
following:–
Date of commencement.
ACT
Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Vol. CXLV, No. 2
dated 9th January, 2014
No. 5 Constitution of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Act 20132
79 (1) The Speaker of Parliament shall be elected by
the Members of Parliament from among
persons who are–
(a) Members of Parliament and who had
served as such for not less than five
years; or
(b) qualified to be Members of Parliament
and who had served as such for not
less than ten years”,
and who are not less than forty years.

Section 2

The Constitution of Sierra Leone, 1991 is amended by the repealand replacement of subsections (2) and (3) of section 80 by the following:–
“(2) No person shall be elected Deputy Speaker
unless the person is a Member of Parliament
and had served as such for not less than five
years.
(3) The Members of Parliament shall elect a
person to the office of Deputy Speaker–
(a) at the first sitting of Parliament; or
(b) at the first sitting of Parliament after
the occurence of a vacancy in the
office of Deputy Speaker or so soon
thereafter as may be convenient.”
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT, SIERRA LEONE.
GAZETTE NO. 2 OF 9TH JANUARY, 2014.
Amendment
of section 79
of Act No. 6
of 1991.
Amendment
of section 80
of Act No. 6
of 1991.
“The Speaker.
SIGNED this 29th day of November, 2013.
DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA,
President.
LS
Passed in Parliament this 19th day of November, in the year of our Lord two
thousand and thirteen.
IBRAHIM S. SESAY,
Clerk of Parliament.
THIS PRINTED IMPRESSION 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.
IBRAHIM S. SESAY,
Clerk of Parliament.

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