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Local Government (Amendment) Act, 2017

An Act making further amendments to the Local Government Act, 2004 governing local councils in Sierra Leone.

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Summary

The Local Government (Amendment) Act, 2017 makes further amendments to the Local Government Act, 2004, the law establishing and governing the system of elected local councils and decentralised local government in Sierra Leone.

As an amending statute it alters specified provisions of the principal Act and must be read together with the principal local-government legislation.

Main provisions

  • Amends specified provisions of the Local Government Act, 2004.
  • Concerns the functions, finances or administration of local councils.
  • Relates to decentralisation and the devolution of functions.
  • Takes effect as part of, and is read together with, the principal Act it amends.