The Local Courts (Amendment) Act, 2014.

Short title. No. 1 2014 Sierra Leone The Local Courts (Amendment) Act, 2014. Being an Act to amend the Local Courts Act, 2011. [ ] ENACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled. Date of commencement. Section 5 of the Local Courts Act, 2011 is repealed and replaced by the following section:–

Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Court unless the person– (a) is proficient in the dominant ethnic language of the Chiefdom and is able to read and write in the English Language; (b) has resided in the Chiefdom and has been paying local tax for a continuous period of not less than five years; (c) is knowledgeable and experienced in the customs and traditions of the Chiefdom; and (d) has not been convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty. Amendment of Act No. 10 of 2011. No. 1 The Local Courts (Amendment) Act, 2014 “Qualification for appointment as Local Court Chairman” 2 ACT Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Vol. CXLV, No. 23 dated 1st May, 2014 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT, SIERRA LEONE. GAZETTE NO. 23 OF 1ST MAY, 2014. Passed in Parliament this 9th day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand and fourteen. 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. SIGNED this 9th day of April, 2014. DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA, President. LS