the functions of his office if after a public inquiry conducted under the Chairmanship of a Judge of the High Court or
a Justice of Appeal or a Justice of the Supreme Court, the Commission of Inquiry makes an adverse finding against
the Paramount Chief, and the President is of the opinion that it is in the public interest that the Paramount Chief
should be removed.
(5) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution and in furtherance of the provisions of this section, Parliament shall
make laws for the qualifications, election, powers, functions, removal and other matters connected with the
Chieftaincy.
CHAPTER VI – THE LEGISLATURE
PART I – COMPOSITION OF PARLIAMENT
Establishment of
Parliament.
73. (1) There shall be a legislature of Sierra Leone which shall be known as Parliament, and shall consist of the
President, the Speaker and Members of Parliament.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the legislative power of Sierra Leone is vested in Parliament.
(3) Parliament may make laws for the peace, security, order and good government of Sierra Leone.
Members of Parliament.
74. (1) Members of Parliament shall comprise the following—
a.
b.
one Member of Parliament for each District who shall, subject to the provisions of this Constitution, be
elected in such manner as may be prescribed by or under any law from among the persons who, under any
law, are for the time being Paramount Chiefs; and
such number of Members as Parliament may prescribe who, subject to the provisions of this Constitution,
shall be elected in such manner as may be prescribed by or under any law.
(2) The number of Members of Parliament to be elected pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) shall not
together be less than sixty.
(3) In any election of Members of Parliament the votes of the electors shall be given by ballot in such manner as not
to disclose how any particular elector votes.
(4) Members of Parliament shall be entitled to such salaries, allowances, gratuities, pensions and such other benefits
as may be prescribed by Parliament.
Qualifications for
membership in
Parliament.
75. Subject to the provisions of section 76, any person who—
a.
b.
c.
d.
is a citizen of Sierra Leone (otherwise than by naturalization); and
has attained the age of twenty-one years; and
is an elector whose name is on a register of electors under the Franchise and Electoral Registration Act,
1961, or under any Act of Parliament amending or replacing that Act; and
is able to speak and to read the English Language with a degree of proficiency sufficient to enable him to
take an active part in the proceedings of Parliament,
shall be qualified for election as such a Member of Parliament:
Provided that a person who becomes a citizen of Sierra Leone by registration by law shall not be qualified for
election as such a Member of Parliament or of any Local Authority unless he shall have resided continuously in
Sierra Leone for twenty-five years after such registration or shall have served in the Civil or Regular Armed Services
of Sierra Leone for a continuous period of twenty-five years.
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