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Production) Act, 2011.

Act No. 7 of 2011

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Preamble

Short title. No. 2 2014 Sierra Leone THE PETROLEUM (EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2014. Being an Act to amend the Petroleum ( Exploration and Production) Act, 2011. [ ] ENACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled. Date of commencement. ACT Supplement to the Sierra Leone Extraordinary Gazette Vol. CXLV, No. 26 dated 20th May, 2014

Section 2

The Petroleum (Exploration and Production Act) is amended bythe insertion after section 40 of the following new section:– “40 A pertoleum licence granted under section 39 shall be delivered by the Director–General to the Registrar–General for registration in a book kept for that purpose”

Section 3 — Section 148 of the Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act,

2011 is repealed and replaced by the following section:- 148 (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act shall take precedence over all existing enactments relating to petroleum in Sierra Leone. (2) Where there is a conflict between the provisions of this Act and any agreement made under this Act, the provisions of this Act shall prevail unless otherwise agreed in writing by the parties to the agreement”. (4) This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 8th day of September, 2011. Amendment of section 40 of Act No. 7 of 2011. Insertion of section 40A. “Petroleum licence to be registered. Amendment of section 148 of Act No. 7 0f 2011. “Supremacy of Act. Commencemen t of Act. 2 No. 2 The Petroleum Exploration and Production (Amendment ) Act, 2014 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT, SIERRA LEONE. Extraordinary Gazette NO. 26 OF 20TH MAY, 2014. SIGNED this 19th day of May, 2014. DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA, President. LS Passed in Parliament this 3rd 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.

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