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Somali Republic 60-89 Laws

 Selection of Somali Republic Laws (1960 - 1989)

We shall be keeping in this page a selection of some of the  laws passed during the period of the union of Somaliland and Somalia, and specially during the democratic legislature of 1960 to 1969. Those laws which are still widely used in Somaliland (such as the main 1960s codes) are already covered in the various pages of the website under the appropriate subject headings and the remaining laws kept here are for academic and reference purposes.  Some of the laws are dated but they would be assistance in drafting new and more modern legislation in both Somaliland and Somalia.  These will be listed under subject headings in ALPHABETICAL ORDER and will be in various languages, but primarily in  English and/or Somali and occasionally in  Italian and/or Arabic.

We shall also be keeping in a separate page examples of the draconian legislation passed by the Military dictatorship as a remainder, painful as it is, of the lessons we have (or ought to have)  learnt from the era of the “Somali Democratic Republic”.

These laws, decree laws and decrees are listed under their subject headings and include those passed before 1969 and those promulgated after from 1969 to 1998. Some of the early laws have been repealed by the latter ones, but the extent of repeals or savings is not often clear.  In any case, I have included the early laws regardless because pre 1969 laws were issued under the 1960 Constitution and, although dated, are more likely to have conformed to democratic and rule of law principles.  In any case, for both legal academics and legislatures, they provide a historical background to any any legislation in the same field.

My thanks to Tahlil Ahmed and the UNDP for collating and keeping copies of these laws.

DISCLAIMER:  No one has access to all the numerous official bulletins and supplements  and so there are many gaps in the records of legislation kept so far.  The laws listed in here on any topic are by no means comprehensive and and are only a selection of the main ones. This website and its publisher/editor assume no responsibility for the accuracy or correctness of the information supplied here or for any consequences of anyone relying on them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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