Preamble, WHEREAS by section 57 of the Public Elections Act, 2012, it

STATUTORY INSTRUMENT NO. 1 OF 2022 Published 14th March , 2022 PROCLAMATION By His Excellency Rtd. Brig. Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic, Supreme Head of State, Grand Commander of the Order of the Republic, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Fountain Head of Unity, Honour, Freedom and Justice. RTD. BRIG. JULIUS MAADA BIO, President WHEREAS by section 57 of the Public Elections Act, 2012, it is provided that the President shall, after consultation with the Electoral Commission, appoint the time for a general election of the Members of Parliament. Now, THEREFORE, I RTD. BRIG. JULIUS MAADA BIO, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Supreme Head of State, Grand Commander of the Order of the Republic and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Sierra Leone having regard to section 57 of the Public Elections Act, 2012, Do HEREBY by this Proclamation declare that the time for a general election of - (a) Paramount Chief Members of Parliament shall be the 27th day of May, 2023; STATUTORY INSTRUMENT Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Extraordinary Vol. CXLXIII, No. 14 dated 14th March, 2022 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT, SIERRA LEONE. GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY NO. 14 OF 14TH MARCH, 2022. (b) the Members of Parliament, other than Paramount Chief Members of Parliament, shall be the 24th day of June, 2023. Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the State of Sierra Leone at State House, Freetown; this 9th day of March, in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty Two. LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE