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Electoral Provisions (Amendment) Act, 1986

An Act amending the electoral provisions in force in Sierra Leone during the one-party period.

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Summary

The Electoral Provisions (Amendment) Act, 1986 amended the electoral law in force under the one-party Constitution of 1978, adjusting the rules for the conduct of elections of the period.

As an amending statute it altered specified provisions of the principal Electoral Provisions legislation and must be read together with it. It belongs to the electoral history of the one-party era preceding the 1991 multi-party Constitution.

Main provisions

  • Amends specified provisions of the principal Electoral Provisions legislation.
  • Adjusts the conduct of elections under the one-party system.
  • Belongs to the electoral history preceding the 1991 Constitution.
  • Takes effect as part of, and is read together with, the principal law it amends.