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Crown Lands (Amendment) Act, 1961

An Act amending the law relating to Crown (State) lands in Sierra Leone around the time of independence.

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Summary

The Crown Lands (Amendment) Act, 1961 amends the law relating to Crown lands — public land vested in the Crown (now the State) — in Sierra Leone, enacted around the time of independence in 1961.

As an amending statute it alters specified provisions of the principal Crown Lands Ordinance concerning the management, grant and disposal of public land, and must be read together with that principal law. (With independence, references to Crown lands are read as references to State lands.)

Main provisions

  • Amends specified provisions of the principal Crown Lands Ordinance.
  • Concerns the management, grant and disposal of public (Crown/State) land.
  • Enacted around the time of independence in 1961.
  • Takes effect as part of, and is read together with, the principal Ordinance it amends.