Preamble, The Presidential Elections Act, 1985

PUBLIC NOTICE Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Extraordinary Vol. CXVI, No. 68 dated 5th September, 1985 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 24 OF 1985 Published 5th September, 1985 THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ACT, 1985 (No. 1 of 1985) PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (PRESCRIPTION OF NOMINATION DAY ETC.) ORDER, 1985 [Margin: Short title.] WHEREAS the Presidential Election (Appointment of Day for Election of President) Order, 1985 (P.N. No. 23 of 1985) appointed the 1st day of October, 1985 as the day on which an election shall be held to elect a person to fill the vacancy in the office of President declared by the Proclamation published in the Gazette on the 22nd day of August, 1985; NOW THEREFORE in exercise of the powers conferred on the Returning Officer by section 12 of the Presidential Elections Act, 1985 (Act No. 1 of 1985) this Order is hereby made:—