Chapter Fifteen

Schedules

Schedules 1 – 4

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Section S1First Schedule - Territory of Sierra Leone

(1)

The area in West Africa lying between the sixth and tenth degrees of north latitude and the tenth and fourteenth degrees of west longitude and bounded on the north by the boundary line delimited under the provisions of the Anglo-French Convention dated the twenty-eighth day of June, 1882, the Anglo-French Agreement dated the twenty-first day of January, 1895, and the notes exchanged between His Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Ambassador of the French Republic, and dated the sixth day of July, 1911, and on the south by the Anglo-Liberian boundary line delimited under the provisions of the Anglo-Liberian Conventions dated the eleventh day of November, 1885 and the twenty-first day of January, 1911.

Section S2Second Schedule - President's Oath

(1)

I do hereby (in the name of God swear) (solemnly affirm) that I will at all times well and truly discharge the duties of the office of the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone according to law, that I will preserve, support, uphold, maintain and defend the Constitution of the Republic of Sierra Leone as by law established, and that I will do right to all manner of people according to law, without fear or favour, affection or ill-will. (So help me God.)

Section S3Third Schedule - Official Oaths

(1)

Oath of the Speaker: I do hereby (in the name of God swear) (solemnly affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Republic of Sierra Leone as by law established; that I will faithfully and conscientiously discharge my duties as Speaker of Parliament, and that I will do right to all manner of people in accordance with the Constitution of Sierra Leone and uphold the laws and customs of Parliament without fear or favour, affection or ill-will. (So help me God.)

(2)

Oath of a Member of Parliament: I, having been elected a Member of Parliament, do hereby (in the name of God swear) (solemnly affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Republic of Sierra Leone as by law established, that I will uphold and defend the Constitution of Sierra Leone, and that I will faithfully and conscientiously discharge the duties of a Member of Parliament. (So help me God.)

(3)

The Judicial Oath: I do hereby (in the name of God swear) (solemnly affirm) that I will faithfully and truly discharge the duties of the office of [office] and that I will support and uphold the Constitution of Sierra Leone as by law established, and that I will do right to all manner of people after the laws and usages of Sierra Leone without fear or favour, affection or ill-will. (So help me God.)

Section S4Fourth Schedule - Declaration of Compliance

(1)

I, William Niaka Stephen Conteh, Officer of the Order of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Speaker of the Parliament of Sierra Leone, do hereby certify that a Bill entitled "The Constitution of Sierra Leone, 1991" was first introduced by the Honourable Abdulai Osman Conteh, Officer of the Order of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Attorney-General and Minister of Justice of Sierra Leone in the Fifth Session of the Third Parliament of Sierra Leone on the 4th day of June, 1991, then passed the First Reading, the Second Reading and the Committee Stage (with certain amendments made thereto) and that on the 1st day of July, 1991 the said Honourable Abdulai Osman Conteh, Officer of the Order of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Attorney-General and Minister of Justice of Sierra Leone, reported to the House that the Bill entitled "The Constitution of Sierra Leone, 1991" passed the House with certain amendments.

(2)

I further certify that on the 3rd day of August 1991, the said Bill entitled "The Constitution of Sierra Leone, 1991", in accordance with the provisions of subsection (3) of section 55 of the Constitution of Sierra Leone, 1978 (Act No. 12 of 1978), was submitted to and approved at a referendum conducted on the 23rd, 26th, 28th and 30th days of August, 1991 and was approved with the majority required under subsection (4) of section 55 of the Constitution of Sierra Leone, 1978.

(3)

I further certify that all the appropriate provisions of section 55 of the Constitution of Sierra Leone, 1978 have been complied with and that the said Bill entitled "The Constitution of Sierra Leone, 1991" may therefore be submitted to His Excellency the President for his assent and signature. Given under my hand this 3rd day of September, 1991. W. N. S. Conteh, Speaker.

Source: Parliament of Sierra Leone — parliament.gov.sl. Reproduced for education; not an official government publication or legal advice.