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Local Courts (Amendment) Act, 1974

An Act making further amendments to the law governing the local courts in Sierra Leone.

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Summary

The Local Courts (Amendment) Act, 1974 makes further amendments to the Local Courts Act, 1963, which governs the local 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 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.