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Banking (Amendment) Decree, 1996

A 1996 decree amending the law regulating banking business in Sierra Leone.

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Summary

The Banking (Amendment) Decree, 1996 was made during the period of National Provisional Ruling Council government and amended the principal law regulating banking business in Sierra Leone — the licensing, operation and supervision of banks.

As an amending instrument it altered specified provisions of the principal banking legislation and must be read together with it, within the historical context of the 1996 transitional period.

Main provisions

  • Amends specified provisions of the principal banking legislation.
  • Concerns the licensing, operation or supervision of banks.
  • Made during the transitional government period of 1996.
  • Takes effect as part of, and is read together with, the principal law it amends.