Preamble
CONSTITUTIONAL INSTRUMENT
Wplenlent to the Sie,.m lcone E euDrdinory GazEtte Vol. CLXV, No- 33
dated 17th Aoil. 2O24
CoNsfiTUTtoN^r lxsrnunr\.I No, 5 or 2024
Published lTth Aptil, 2021
fHE CONSTITUNON OF STERfuI LEONE,
(Ac, No. 6 of l99l)
PROCLAMATION,2024
WHEREAS by subsection (l) of s€ctio[ 29 of tre Constitutioo of Si.ra Llone, l9l (Acr
No- 6 of l9l) it is proridcd thal whcnever in lhc opinion of th€ krsi&Dt . starc of public
cmergcnry has comrhencc4 thc Presidenl may al 6ny time, by Proclmation which shall
bc publishcd in rhc Caz.ttc, dcclare tiat a situation cxists $hiclr if allowcd to continue,
may lc8d to a state of cmergcncy b aoy pet ot thc wholc of Sicra Lcone;
WHEREAS thc &ua alld subst8nce .bus€, paniculaly lhc devErating sytlicric dDg; XuslL
is a public health emcricncy of lralional cotlccru
WHEREAS the continuing aIId rapid national sptead of tbe dtug and substancc abusc,
particularly tll6 d.vastatiog ltlhetic dmg; Kusb, poses imm.nse risk o youog pcoplc in
Sierla Leone;
WHEREAS thc situation requircs effcctiye mcasurcs to prcvcnt atrd curtsil thc dcsfuctivc
spEad and consequcncB of th€ drug a|d substanct abusc, p8rticulStly lhc devaststing synthetic
drw; Kush in Si.rra Lonc:
Ne+-EREIORE-I-RId--aR.IGJIJuIJS MAADA.BIO, keskLtrt of the Republic of sictra
[,€or., Supreme Head of Stdtc, Grand CommaDder of t]te Ordet of tbe Republic ard
Corffnander-in{hief ol ll]e Armed Forc.s of Siefia lronq having r.gsd to the threat that
th€ drug and subnolce abus€, particularly thc dcvaslaring ty heric drug Kush poscs to the
lives of rhc yorrng peopla and thc nationsl devetopmert of Sicrra Looc, and thc n€€d to
ad&.ss th &ug erd subgtarc€ lbuse, fro HEREBY by Oris koclamdioa dccl.re tul a Stale
of Public Emeecncy exisls in ftc whole of the Rcpublic of Si.rr. lrone wilh cffcct from
the ITth day of Afil,2024 for a pcriod of 12 rnonthr.
M^DE rrns l7r, day oJ iqrl, 2021.
HIS EXCELLENCY JULIUS MAADA BIO,
Pftsi&nl,
Prr\'reo er'o Pusrrstco By rrc GovERNl,c.[I PR 'rrlNo DEARTMENT, SIERRA LEoNE.
ExtR toRDtNARr GEETTE No.33 oF lTrH A}Rn.,2024