of Attorney- General
and Minister of Justice.
Government and a Minister.
(2) The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice shall be appointed by the President from among persons qualified
to hold office as a Justice of the Supreme Court and shall have a seat in the Cabinet.
(3) All offences prosecuted in the name of the Republic of Sierra Leone except offences involving corruption under
the Anti-Corruption Act, 2000, shall be at the suit of the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice of 2000, or some
other person authorized by him in accordance with any law governing the same.
(4) The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice shall have audience in all Courts in Sierra Leone except local
courts.
Solicitor- General.
65. (1) There shall be a Solicitor-General, whose office shall be a public office.
(2) The Solicitor-General shall be appointed by the President on the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service
Commission and he shall, before assuming the functions of his office, take and subscribe to the oath as set out in the
Third Schedule to this Constitution.
(3) A person shall not be qualified to hold or act in the office of Solicitor-General unless he is qualified for
appointment as a Justice of the Court of Appeal.
(4) The Solicitor-General shall be the principal assistant to the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice.
(5). The Solicitor-General shall have audience in all courts in Sierra Leone except local courts.
(6). The Solicitor-General shall in all matters or any other law be subject to the general or special direction of the
Attorney-General and Minister of Justice.
(7) Subject to the provisions of this section, a person holding the office of Solicitor-General shall vacate his office
when he attains the age of sixty-five years.
(8) If the office of Solicitor-General is vacant or the holder of that office is for any reason unable to perform the
functions thereof, a person qualified for appointment to that office may be appointed to act therein, and any person so
appointed shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (7) and subsections (9) to (12) inclusive, continue to act until
a person has been appointed to and has assumed the functions of the office of Solicitor-General or until the person
holding the office has resumed those functions.
(9) The Solicitor-General may be removed from office only for inability to discharge the functions of his office,
(whether arising from infirmity of mind or body or any other cause), or for misbehaviour and shall not be so removed
except in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(10) If the Judicial and Legal Service Commission represents to the President that the question of removing the
Solicitor-General from office under subsection (9) ought to be investigated then—
a.
b.
the President, acting in consultation with the Judicial and Legal Service Commission, shall appoint a
tribunal which shall consist of a Chairman and two other members, all of whom shall be persons who hold,
have held or are qualified to hold office as a Justice of the Supreme Court; and
the tribunal shall enquire into the matter and report on the facts thereof and the findings thereon, and
recommend to the President whether the Solicitor-General ought to be removed from office under
subsection (12).
(11) Where the question of removing the Solicitor-General from office has been referred to a tribunal under
subsection (10), the President may suspend the Solicitor-General from performing the functions of his office, and any
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