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Local Courts (Amendment) Act, 2014

An Act amending the Local Courts Act, 2011 governing the local courts of Sierra Leone.

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Summary

The Local Courts (Amendment) Act, 2014 amends the Local Courts Act, 2011, the modern statute governing the local courts that administer customary law in Sierra Leone and their supervision by the Judiciary.

As an amending statute it alters specified provisions of the principal Act and must be read together with the Local Courts Act, 2011.

Main provisions

  • Amends specified provisions of the Local Courts Act, 2011.
  • 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.