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AFRC (Anti-Looting) Decree, 1997

A 1997 Armed Forces Revolutionary Council decree creating offences aimed at prohibiting and punishing looting during the junta's period of rule.

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Summary

The AFRC (Anti-Looting) Decree, 1997 was issued by the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council during its control of Sierra Leone in 1997. It was directed at prohibiting looting and the unlawful taking or destruction of property, which were widespread during the conflict and the period of military rule.

The Decree created offences and penalties intended to deter such conduct. As with other AFRC instruments, it was made outside the ordinary constitutional process and belongs to the historical record of enactments addressed after the return to constitutional government in 1998.

Main provisions

  • Prohibits looting and the unlawful taking or destruction of property.
  • Creates offences and penalties for persons engaged in looting.
  • Made under the authority asserted by the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council in 1997.
  • Part of the body of AFRC-era decrees of the 1997 period.