Local Government (Amendment) Act, 2016 (No. 11 of 2016)

2 No. 11 The Local Government (Amendment) Act, 2016 ACT Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Vol. CXLVII, No. 33 Amendment 1. Section 5 of the Local Government Act, 2004 is hereby of section 5 repealed and replaced by the following new section - dated 14th July, 2016 of Act No. 1 of 2004. “Period for 5. (1) Elections to a local council shall elections. be conducted every four years; SIGNED this 7th day of July, 2016. Provided that where local council elections are due under subsection (1), but localities have not been divided into wards in accordance with Regulation 2 of the Wards (Boundary Delimitation) DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA, Regulations, 2008, the President shall, by statutory instrument and President. on the recommendation of the Electoral Commission, direct that such elections be postponed. LS (2) Where local council elections are postponed under subsection (1), the tenure of the Councillors shall not be extended beyond the date of the next General or Presidential elections. Passed in Parliament this 16th day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand and sixteen. No. 11 2016 IBRAHIM S. SESAY, Clerk of Parliament. Sierra Leone 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. The Local Government (Amendment) Act, 2016 Short title. Being an Act to amend the Local Government Act, 2004 to IBRAHIM S. SESAY, provide for the postponement of local council elections and for other Clerk of Parliament. related matters. [ ] Date of com- mencement. ENACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT, SIERRA LEONE. present Parliament assembled. GAZETTE NO. 33 OF 14TH JULY, 2016