4 No. 2 Local Government (Amendment) Act 2017 ACT Supplement to the Gazette Vol. CXLVIII, No. 34 COUNCIL NUMBER OF PARAMOUNT dated 22nd June, 2017 CHIEFS

17. Bonthe City Council None SIGNED this 16th day of June, 2017. 18. Kenema City Council One

19. Koidu/ New Sembehun City Council Two DR. , President. 20. Makeni City Council One LS 21. Port Loko City Council Two

22. Freetown City Council None

No. 2 2017

Passed in Parliament this 30th day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand and Seventeen. Sierra Leone

IBRAHIM S. SESAY, Clerk of Parliament. The Local Government (Amendment) Act, 2017. Short title. THIS PRINTED IMPRESSION has been carefully compared by me with the Bill Being an Act to amend the Local Government Act, 2004, to which has passed Parliament and found by me to be a true and correct printed copy provide for the addition of new Districts created under the Provinces of the said Bill. (Administrative Division) Order, 2017 and other related matters. IBRAHIM S. SESAY, Clerk of Parliament. [ ]

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT, SIERRA LEONE. ENACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this GAZETTE NO. 34 OF 22ND JUNE, 2017. present Parliament assembled. 2 No. 2 Local Government (Amendment) Act 2017 No. 2 Local Government (Amendment) Act 2017 3

Amendment PART II of First 1. The First Schedule to the Local Government Act 2004 is Schedule of Act No.1 of amended– The number of Paramount Chiefs in each Local Council shall be as follows– 2004. COUNCIL NUMBER OF PARAMOUNT (a) in Part 1 – CHIEFS

1. Council Three (i) in paragraph A by inserting – 2. Council Two

“ District” immediately after “”; 3. Council Two

4. Council Three “” immediately after – 5. Council Two 6. Kenema District Council Three (ii) in paragraph B by inserting immediately 7. Falaba District Council Two after “Freetown City” the following new cities- 8. Koinadugu District Council Two 9. Karene District Council Two Bo City; 10. Council Three Bonthe City; Kenema City; 11. Council Three Koidu-New Sembehun City; 12. Council Two Makeni City; 13. Council Three Port Loko City. 14. Council Three

(b) in Part II by repealing and replacing that part 15. Western Rural District Council None with the following new part – 16. Bo City Council One