Common Law in Sierra Leone

(1) The laws of Sierra Leone include, a. this Constitution; b. laws passed by Parliament or under the authority of Parliament in accordance with this Constitution; c. all orders, rules, regulations and other legal instruments issued by any person or authority under any power conferred on that name by this Constitution or any other law; d. applicable law; and e. the common law. (2) The common law of Sierra Leone includes the legal norms commonly known as common law, commonly known as doctrines of equity, and the rules of customary law, including the rules established by the Supreme Court. 3. For the purposes of this Section, “customary law” means the legal norms normally applicable to certain communities in Sierra Leone. (§ 170) Supplementary Appropriation Act, 2020 [No. 6 of 2020] is a law implementing revisions and additional provisions for The Services of Sierra Leone for the year 2020. Mining and Minerals Act, 2009 [No.

12 of 2009] An Act to codify and amend the Mining and Minerals Act; promote local and foreign investment in the mining sector by introducing new and improved regulations for the exploration, mining development and marketing of minerals and the secondary processing of minerals for the benefit of the people of Sierra Leone; ensure that the management of the mining sector is transparent and accountable in accordance with international best practices; promote improved employment practices in the mining sector; improve the well-being of communities affected by mining; Introduce measures to reduce the harmful effects of mining on the environment and to take into account other related aspects. Repeal of the Mining and Minerals Act, 1994. Repeals the National Reconstruction and Development Act 1999. Road Transport Authority Act 1996 [No. 4 of 1996] Law on the Establishment of an Authority for the Regulation and Development of the Road Transport Sector, including the Regulation and Registration of Vehicles, Registration of Drivers, Establishment of Routes for the Carriage of Passengers and Goods and Other Matters Related to the Above. Amended by the Road Traffic Authority (Amendment) Act 2014. Amended by the Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority (Amendment) Act, 2016 (No. 9 of 2016).

The Presidents` and Vice-Presidents` Pensions and Retirement Benefits (Amendment) Act 1996 [NPRC Decree No. 9] is an order amending the Presidents` and Vice-Presidents` Pensions and Retirement Benefits Act 1986. Transfer of Estates Act, 2007 *searchable [No. 21 of 2007] Act on the Care of Surviving Spouses, Children, Parents, Family Members and Other Dependants of the State and Legal Persons and on the Settlement of Other Related Matters. Amends the Christian Marriage Act. Amends the Muslim Marriage Act. Amends the Estate Administration Act. Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Act, 2012 [No. 7 of 2012] An Act establishing the Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Agency, which exercises regulatory and oversight control over the beneficial and peaceful use of radioactive materials and their applications, including licensing, inspection and law enforcement throughout Sierra Leone; ensure adequate protection of the public, workers and the environment against the harmful effects of ionising radiation; to provide for Sierra Leone to comply with its obligations under relevant international treaties, in particular the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the Convention between Sierra Leone and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the Application of Safeguards related to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; provide for the establishment of the Radiation Protection Committee as the management body of the Authority and for other related matters. Legal relations in Sierra Leone had stalled until recently. A recent compilation of Sierra Leone`s legal reports for the period 1973-1980 has been prepared.

The initiative was implemented by the Sierra Leone Bar Association and is available in printed form. Hanatu Kabbah holds an LL.B (Hons.) and an LL.M (Public Service Law) from New York University. She is a senior legal consultant and researcher, a public interest practitioner and has extensive experience in the field of access to justice in the formal and informal justice sector. She has conducted extensive research on rule of law issues and developed tools for lawyers and non-legal lawyers. She has taught at the Faculty of Law of the University of The Gambia and was Director of the Law Clinic at UTG. She received her Bachelor of Laws with Honours (LL.B. HONS.) from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone and holds a law degree from Sierra Leone Law School. She was called to the Sierra Leone Bar in 1999. She holds a degree in Gender Equality and Human Rights from the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Lund University in Sweden in 2002 and also studied at the René Cassin International Institute for Human Rights in Strasbourg, France.