Part 1, The Torma Bum Rice Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 1983 [Margin: Short title.]

3 SIGNED this *18th* day of *November, 1983.* SIAKA STEVENS, *President.* (LS) No. 8 [Coat of arms: Unity Freedom Justice] 1983 Sierra Leone The Torma Bum Rice Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 1983 [Margin: Short title.] Being an Act to alter the composition of the Torma Bum Rice Development Authority and for other purposes connected therewith [*21st April, 1983*] [Margin: Date of commencement.] BE IT ENACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:— [Margin: Commencement.] 1. This Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the 21st day of April, 1983. 4 No. 8 *Torma Bum Rice Development* 1983 [Margin: Section 5 of Act No. 7 of 1979 amended.] 2. Section 5 of the Torma Bum Rice Development Authority Act, 1979 (Act No. 7 of 1979) as amended by section 1 of the Torma Bum Rice Development Authority (Amendment) 1980 (Act No. 10 of 1980), is hereby further amended by the substitution for subsection (1) thereof of the following new subsection— [Margin: "Constitution of Authority, Chairman etc.] 5 (1) The Authority shall consist of— (*a*) a Chairman to be appointed by the Minister on such terms and conditions as the Minister may determine; (*b*) one Member of Parliament from the Project Area; (*c*) one Paramount Chief from the Project Area; (*d*) the Financial Secretary, Ministry of Finance or his representative; (*e*) the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry or his representative; (*f*) the Chief Agriculturist or his representative; (*g*) a representative of the farmers participating in the Project; and (*h*) two other persons who are citizens of Sierra Leone appointed by the Minister". [Margin: Section 8 of principal Act amended] 3. Section 8 of the principal Act as amended by section 2 of the said Torma Bum Rice Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 1980 is hereby further amended by the substitution for subsection (2) thereof of the following new subsection— "(2) The quorum at any meeting of the Authority shall be five members". [Margin: Act No. 10 of 1980 repealed.] 4. The Torma Bum Rice Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Act No. 10 of 1980) is hereby repealed. No. 8 *Torma Bum Rice Development* 1983 5 Passed in Parliament this *16th* day of *August*, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighty-three. J. W. E. DAVIES, *Clerk of Parliament*