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Local Courts (Amendment) Act, 1965

An Act amending the law governing the local courts that administer customary law in Sierra Leone.

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Summary

The Local Courts (Amendment) Act, 1965 amends the Local Courts Act, 1963, which established and governed the local courts — the courts that administer customary law in the provinces of Sierra Leone.

As an amending statute it alters specified provisions of the principal Local Courts legislation, for example concerning the constitution, jurisdiction or supervision of local courts, and must be read together with the principal law.

Main provisions

  • Amends specified provisions of the Local Courts Act, 1963.
  • Concerns the local courts that administer customary law.
  • Relates to their constitution, jurisdiction or supervision.
  • Takes effect as part of, and is read together with, the principal Act it amends.