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Section 88, REPEALED THE CONSTITUTION OF SIERRA LEONE 1978-12
Status not yet checkedREPEALED THE CONSTITUTION OF SIERRA LEONE 1978-12, Sierra Leone
(1) There shall be an Attorney-General and Minister of Justice who shall be a Minister of State and the principallegal adviser to the Government.
(2) The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice shall be appointed by the President from among Members of
Parliament qualified to hold office as a Justice of the Supreme Court provided that if no elected Member of
Parliament is so qualified, the President may appoint as Attorney-General and Minister of Justice a person appointed
under paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of Section 43 of this Constitution, and a person so appointed shall exercise all
the functions of the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice and have a seat in the Cabinet as well as in Parliament.
(3) All offences prosecuted in the name of the Republic of Sierra Leone shall be at the suit of the Attorney-General
and Minister of Justice or some other person authorised by him in accordance with any law governing the same.
(4) The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice shall have audience in all Courts in Sierra Leone except Local
Courts.
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