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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) The Constitution of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Act, 2008 (Act No.9 of 2008) (2008) The Constitution of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No.15 of 2001) (2001) The Constitution of Sierra Leone, 1991 (Act No. 6 of 1991) (1991) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) The Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation Act, 2009 (2010) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) The Bankruptcy Act, 2009 (2009) The Good and Services Tax Act, 2009 (2009) The Companies Act, 2009 (2009) The Registration of Business Act, 2007 (2007) The Public Procurement Act, 2004 (2004) The Investment Promotion Act, 2004. (2004) The Pharmacy and Drugs Act, 2001 (2001)

Treaty Membership	WIPO-Administered Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Summary Table of Membership of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Treaties Administered by WIPO, plus UPOV, WTO and UN Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances ... Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (December 28, 1999) Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (June 17, 1997) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (June 17, 1997) Patent Cooperation Treaty (June 17, 1997) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (May 18, 1986) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ... Protocol (III) additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem ... United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property ... United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts ... Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (November 3, 2010) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (August 20, 2009) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 8, 2007) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (April 7, 2005) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (June 29, 2004) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (May 17, 2004) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (November 23, 1996) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (September 20, 1995) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (July 23, 1995) World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (July 23, 1995) Convention on Biological Diversity (March 12, 1995) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (January 11, 1995) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (April 21, 1987) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (April 21, 1987) Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (April 27, 1961) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (April 27, 1961) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (April 27, 1961) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (April 27, 1961) IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Charter for African Cultural Renaissance ... Harare Protocol on Patents and Industrial Designs Within the Framework of the African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO) (February 25, 1999) Lusaka Agreement on the Creation of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) (December 5, 1980) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Constitutive Act of the African Union (May 26, 2001) Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) (August 23, 1995) Abuja Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (AEC) (May 12, 1994) The Georgetown Agreement (formally establishing the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, the "ACP Group"), since 1975 (ACP) (February 12, 1976)

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