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Section 56: Chief.
Status not yet checkedREPEALED THE CONSTITUTION OF SIERRA LEONE 1978-12, Sierra Leone
(1) No provision of any law in so far as it provides for the abolition of the office of Paramount Chief as existing
by Customary Law and usage immediately before the entry into force of this Constitution, shall have effect unless it
is included in an Act of Parliament and the provisions of Section 55 shall apply in relation to the Bill for such an Act
as they apply in relation to the Bill for an Act of Parliament that alters any of the provisions of this Constitution that
are referred to in subsection (3) of that Section.
(2) A Paramount Chief may be removed from office by the President if, after a public enquiry conducted under the
Chairmanship of a Judge of the High Court or a Justice of Appeal or a Justice of the Supreme Court, the President is
of the opinion that it is in the public interest that the Paramount Chief should be removed.
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