Constitution of Sierra Leone

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legal document national constitution

The Constitution of Sierra Leone is the supreme legal framework that defines the structure, powers, and functions of the country’s government and guarantees fundamental rights for its citizens.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Constitution of Sierra Leone canonical	5
1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legal document ⓘ national constitution ⓘ
adoptionDate	1991-09-24 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ
amendmentProcedure	requires parliamentary approval ⓘ requires referendum for certain entrenched provisions ⓘ
cameIntoForce	1991-10-01 ⓘ
contains	Bill of Rights NERFINISHED ⓘ chapters ⓘ preamble ⓘ schedules ⓘ
country	Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ
defines	powers of the executive branch ⓘ powers of the judicial branch ⓘ powers of the legislative branch ⓘ structure of the Government of Sierra Leone ⓘ
establishes	Court of Appeal of Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ High Court of Justice of Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ Judiciary of Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliament of Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ President of Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Court of Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ local government framework in Sierra Leone ⓘ
formOfGovernment	presidential republic ⓘ
guarantees	freedom of assembly ⓘ freedom of association ⓘ freedom of expression ⓘ fundamental human rights ⓘ protection from discrimination ⓘ protection from inhuman treatment ⓘ right to fair hearing ⓘ right to personal liberty ⓘ
headOfGovernment	President of Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfState	President of Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	British constitutional traditions ⓘ common law principles ⓘ
jurisdiction	territory of Sierra Leone ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	supreme law of Sierra Leone ⓘ
precededBy	1978 Constitution of Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ
providesFor	impeachment of the President ⓘ independence of the judiciary ⓘ multi-party democracy ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ state of emergency procedures ⓘ
regulates	election of Members of Parliament ⓘ election of the President of Sierra Leone ⓘ tenure of office of Members of Parliament ⓘ tenure of office of the President ⓘ
replaced	1978 Constitution of Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ

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President of Sierra Leone → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of Sierra Leone ⓘ

Parliament of Sierra Leone → establishedUnder → Constitution of Sierra Leone ⓘ

Government of Sierra Leone → constitutionalDocument → Constitution of Sierra Leone ⓘ

Government of Sierra Leone → establishedUnder → Constitution of Sierra Leone ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone

Supreme Court of Sierra Leone → interprets → Constitution of Sierra Leone ⓘ

Supreme Court of Sierra Leone → establishedBy → Constitution of Sierra Leone ⓘ