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Constitution (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1986

An Act making a further amendment to the 1978 Constitution of Sierra Leone.

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Summary

The Constitution (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1986 made a further amendment to the Constitution of Sierra Leone then in force (the one-party Constitution of 1978). Constitutional amendment Acts alter specified provisions of the Constitution in accordance with the special procedure required for such changes.

As a second amending Act of 1986, it altered particular constitutional provisions. Its specific content must be read together with the 1978 Constitution and the other amendment Acts of that period, which preceded the return to multi-party constitutional government under the 1991 Constitution.

Main provisions

  • Amends specified provisions of the 1978 Constitution of Sierra Leone.
  • Made under the special procedure for constitutional amendment.
  • Is a second amendment Act of 1986, read with the other amendments of that year.
  • Belongs to the constitutional history preceding the 1991 Constitution.