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Summary Ejectment (Amendment) Act, 2006

An Act amending the law on the summary ejectment (recovery of possession) of land and premises in Sierra Leone.

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Summary

The Summary Ejectment (Amendment) Act, 2006 amends the principal law on summary ejectment in Sierra Leone — the simplified procedure by which a landlord or owner may recover possession of land or premises from a tenant or occupier, for example for non-payment of rent or holding over.

As an amending statute it alters specified provisions of the principal Summary Ejectment legislation — for example concerning the procedure, notice requirements or jurisdiction — and must be read together with the principal law. It is part of the landlord-and-tenant and land-recovery framework.

Main provisions

  • Amends specified provisions of the principal Summary Ejectment legislation.
  • Concerns the summary recovery of possession of land and premises.
  • Relates to procedure, notice requirements or jurisdiction.
  • Takes effect as part of, and is read together with, the principal Act it amends.