Preamble, The Refugees Protection Act, 2007

THE REFUGEES PROTECTION ACT, 2007 Being an Act to provide for the recognition and protection of refugees; to enable effect to be given within Sierra Leone to the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, done at Geneva on the 28th July, 1951, to the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees of the 31st January, 1967 and to the OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, done at Addis Ababa on the 10th September, 1969; and to provide for other related matters. [ ] E NACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled. S IGNED this13th day of July , 2007 ALHAJI AHMAD TEJAN KABBAH, President. LS No. Refugees Protection Act 2007No. Refugees Protection Act 20072 3 PART I–PRELIMINARY