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Census (Amendment) Act, 1974

An Act amending the law providing for the taking of a national population census in Sierra Leone.

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Summary

The Census (Amendment) Act, 1974 amends the principal Census law, which provides for the taking of a census of the population and related statistical exercises in Sierra Leone.

As an amending statute it alters specified provisions of the principal Census Act — for example in relation to the conduct of a census, the duties of enumerators and the public, or confidentiality of returns — and must be read together with the principal law.

Main provisions

  • Amends specified provisions of the principal Census legislation.
  • Concerns the taking and conduct of the national population census.
  • Takes effect as part of, and is read together with, the principal Act it amends.