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Section 3, This Act may be cited as the Constitution (Amendment) and(No. 2) Act, 1962, and shall be deemed to hav çome into operation commence
Status not yet checkedThis Act may be cited as the Constitution (Amendment) and(No. 2) Act, 1962, and shall be deemed to hav çome into operation commence, Sierra Leone
Section 4 of the Constitution is hereby repealed and reRepeal andreplacement placed by the following section
of section
4 of the ** Persons
Constitution born in
P.N. No. 78 Sierra Leone
of 1961. after 26th
April, 1961.
(4) Any person, either of whose parents is a negro
of African descent and would, but for the provisions of
subsection (3), have bcen a Sierra Leone citizen, may,
on making application in such manner as may be pre
scribed, be registered as a citizen of Sierra Leone, but
such person shall not be qualified to become a member
of the House of Representatives or of any District
Council or other local authority unless he shall have
resided continuously in Sierra Leone for twenty-five
years after such registration or shall have served in the
Civil or regùlar Armed Services of Sierra Leone for
a continuous period of twenty-five years.".
Repeal and 4. Subsection (2) of section 7 of the Constitution is hereby
replacement repealed and replaced by the following
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