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CLXIV, No' 18 dqted atn ,lp ,it,2o2i Supple I No.

2023 Sierra Leone A BILL ENTITLEI) The National Youth Service(Amendment) Act' 2023 B€ing rnAct to smend the Nationrl Youth Service Act, 2016 oDd to proYide for other r€lat€d matter$ short till€.

t / Date of com- - mellc€tnenl.

ENAcTED by the hesident and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled' ) Amendmcnt of Act No 4 of 2016.

^"o Ihe Notional folth Serrice lAnendeme nt) Act 2023 1.
Section t of the National youth Service Act, 2016 is arnrcnded by ofsection I the repeal and replacement oftbat section widr followiog new section - 'rltrtcrpret tiotr.
L In this Act unless the context otheru,ise requires - "Chairman" means the Chairman cfrhe Board; "Executive -Director', means the Executive - Director oftbe Narional youth Service appohled under section I g; "gnduate,,means a person u.ho has received a degree -in or a mivqsity or college and is below the age of 3Sl,ean: on completing a course of study _diploma "members,' means members of the Board ; ,,Minister,, means the minister responsible for vouth affairs and .Ministry" shall be corsirued accordingly; ,'non-graduab' 'means a Siena Leonean, below the ase of35 years, who holds I TVET certificate.
BEC:E certificate, WASSCE certificate, diploma or orher relevant certificate from a recognised educalional instihrtion; "Seryice,, means the National youth Service established under section 2; "seryice corps" means graduates who are enlisted in the Ndional youth Senice scheme; "service schemen means tb€ National youthservice scheme that service participants undertake for a period ofone year.

,, No.

The National lbuth Seftice (Am endement) Act 2023 2.
Section 4 of the National Youth Service Act' 2016 is Ameadmant ot_ sectioo 4 amended in subsection (2) by the repeal ard replacement of fiat of Act No.

4 subsection sith the follorvirtg new subsection - of 20i6.
"rl) The coveming!lod1' ofthe Service shall be a Bpard which crt inian and following other members- rt "li"i*lt "i" (a) Director ofYouth; &) the Financial Secretarf (c) the Commissioner oflabour; (d) the Commissioner' National Youth Commision; (e) the President' the National Youth Service Alumni Association; (i) a represeotative oftheRepublic of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces; (g) a repr€sentadve ofthe Siera L€on€ Police; (h\ a reolesetrtative each ofthe 5 ad fnisrative t''' .
""i1* oiii"ttn Lrone' with knowledge and itr masers relevant to $e "-,i.ii.a "**i"""" [*"iioit .it ,n. Service, appointed by tbe on the recommendation of the ;;til;' Minister; and the Executive-Director, wto shall serve as secretary to the Board'" 3.

Section ?

of the National Youth Service Act' 2016' is i"'r"it"",ioo <z) i,ly the rep€al and rePlacement of that (i) ".

""i.4 Iri.

**, *irl the iollowing new subsection - Arnendment of sectioo 7 oi Aot No.

4 of 2016.
4 No, The National youth Serrice (Amendem ent) Act 2023 "(2) Without prejudice to the generality ofsubsection ( l) it shall be the function of the Board to- (a) provide policy guidance and advic€ to the Ministry and the National Directorate that will eosu'e the emcient implementation of the finctions ofthc service and erhance thc overall performance of thc Service; (b) monitor and evaluate the implementarior of plans and programs ofthe Service and make recornmendations for improvement; (c) develop guidetines for selection of participant!
in programs ofthe Service; (d) advise the Minister or matters relating to the Service."

Am€ndment of section 12 of Act No.

4 of 2016.

4.

Section 12 of lhe National youth Service Act.

2016 is amended by the repeal aod replacement of that secrion \r.ith the following new section - ,'FED.riorr!

lZ ( I ) The object for whicb rbe Servic€ or $.rvlcc.

established is to trah graduates and non-graduates and to enhance their ability to provide services to the nation.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection ( I ), is it shall be tlte fimction ofthe Service to- (a) establish orientation camps for training of Senice members; O) provide technical and vocational skills training, apprenticeship and personal development programries and activities for Service members; No The Nstionsl Ybttth Service (Attrendement) Act 2023 5 /cl eenerate national consciousness and t-' Ei""iotlo" i, s"rvice members by instilling in it "* u truai,io, of patriotism' loyalty' integrity, duty and service to $e nation; (d) orovide personal development programmes ' and activities for Service members; (e) initiate.
plan.
organise, fund' manage' ' administer and conrrol programmes 8nd activhies for the development of servicei (0 inculcate youth volunteerism and civil responsibilitjes among Service members: (e) operatc rr ith and assist tle Ollice ofNational Securiry, rhe National Disaster Management Agenry and other public irutitutions during emergencies and disasters; (h) develop fortitude of mind and moral competence re4uired for leadership in Service members; (0 enabie the Service members to acquire the caDaclN to be self-reliant by encouragmg rhem to detelop skills for employmenq () develop cross cultural integration among Servic€ members: &r assists the Ministry in the estabtishment and capacity support of both District and Chiefdom Youth Councils o do sucb other things so as to attain th€ object of the Service."
6 Amendmenl of section 14 ofAct No.

4 cf 2016.

No.

The National Youth Service (Amendemen!)

Act 2023 5.

Section 14 of the National youth Service Act, 2el6 is amended.in subparagraph (vi) ofparagraph (g) ofsubse;r.ion (-l ) bv ue rnsertlon imloediately after that subparagraph t+ilou,ini iew subparagraph - ,(ul) the Teaching Service Commission.,.

AII€ndment of sectio, 17 of Act No ,t of 2016.

Amendment of section 26 of Aca No 4 of 2016.

6.


Seclion t7 of rie National youth Sewice Act,2016 is rfr* (d) by the insertion immecliatei, ur*d"d, paragaph following new paragr;ph _ T -p-mgupl, "n".

',(e)impl€ment the budget approve d by the Bo ard and the Minister for the tunding of ;ctivit;.es ind projects undertaken by the Senice.., 7.

Section 26 ofthe National youth Se*ice Act, 2016 is ,"", ..i,ir, *-i* t- amended by tbe repeal and replacement following rew section - "f "Comp lsory lervice.

12.
12.

S'.-.bject to s€ction 28, - {a) a coiiege ,rr unjversi+, graduate shall be rhe Sen,ice Scheme for a period of ;.n en llst€d one ya a!.

; and (b) a',on-graduate youth shall beenlisted io rne Service Scheme for a period ofone year and 6 montls- starting from the.

6ate specified in ahe cali-up instrument.,, Amendment of section 27 ofAct No.4 of 2016.

8. .
8. .

.S ectior 2T of the Nalionai youth Service AcL 2016 is P,ll-|l '.,y tle repeat and replacemenr of rhal section wirh the rcllorry8 ,g new section - "Forrn.

7.

(l)A prospective Ser!

ice paricipanr shall fill out tbe lorm ser out ix rhe First S;hedule.'

No.

The Nqrion<)l lbuth Service (Amendemenl) Act 2023 7 9.

Subsection (3) ofsection 28 ofthe National Youth Service Amcndmenl ,c.ct.

io t o is anended 6y the insertion irnmediatetv after the u ord :[ ifffi.

'f "gaduale".
'f "gaduale".

the &ords "or a non-graduate".

of 2016.

12.

Subsection (2) ofsection 3E oftheN*ionalYouth Service Amcndmatof ect.

Zoto is amendi by the repeal and replacement of the figures IjJ*:.T " " t5.000,000.00" with the figtnes "Le 50'000'i of20l6.

IVIEMORANDUM OF OBJECTS AND REASoNS The object ofthe Bill is to amend the National Youth Service Act, 2016 and to provide for other related matters.

MADE this day of ,2023.


MOHAMED ORMAN BANGURA Minkter ofYouth Affaits fREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE -P" reo rto Pu"LtsIED BY THE GovERNlvENr Ptnirr"-c Drrarrun'r' Srerre Ltolry' G'QEI E No' 18 or 6TH At8r" 2023-