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Sierra Leone - Migrant workers - Law, Act

The National Registration Act, 2008 [No. 4 of 2008]. -

Adoption: 2008-04-24 | SLE-2008-L-87739

PART I - PRELIMINARY
1. Interpretation.
PART II - OBLIGATION TO REGISTER
2. Establishment of National Register.
3. Declaration of registration areas and periods of registration.
4. Appointment of Chief Registrar and Registration Officers.
5. Registration functions of Chief Registrar.
6. Obligation of residents to register.
PART III - IDENTITY CARDS
7. Identity Cards of registered persons.
8. Identity Cards of public bodies.
9. Identity Card to be proof of particulars.
10. Authorised officer may require production of Identity Card.
PART IV - NATIONAL REGISTRATION SECRETARIAT
11. Establishment of National Registration Secretariat.
PART V - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
12. Fees and other charges to be paid into Consolidated Fund.
13. Regulations.
14. Offences and penalties.
15. Repeal of Act No. 20 of 1974 [National Registration Act, 1974] and savings.

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Sierra Leone - Migrant workers - Law, Act

The Refugees Protection Act, 2007 (No. 6 of 2007) -

Adoption: 2007-08-30 | SLE-2007-L-78337

Provides for the recognition and protection of refugees. Gives effect to the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, done at Geneva on the 28th July, 1951, to the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees of the 31st January, 1967 and to the OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, done at Addis Ababa on the 10th September, 1969.