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Amendment2014

An Act Against Criminal Conveyance of Land

An Act Against Criminal Conveyance of Land is indexed in the Law Reform Commission's Laws of Liberia collection from a Liberia Land Authority source document. The…

Land & Property Law
EnactedArchived source PDFVerified 14 September 2026
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Regulation2017

Asbestos Regulation of Liberia, 2017

Effective 7 April 2017, Regulatory Instrument No. RI/C&E 001 04/17 regulates the production, importation, handling, sale, segregation, transportation, use, storage…

Natural Resources & Environment
EnactedArchived source PDFVerified 14 September 2026
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Act1989

Bureau of Maritime Affairs Autonomous Agency Act, 1989

Approved on 20 June 1989, this Act removed the Bureau of Maritime Affairs from the Ministry of Transport and made it an autonomous agency within the Executive…

Public Administration & Regulatory Law
RepealedArchived source PDFVerified 14 September 2026
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Act2014

Central Agricultural Research Institute Act, 2014

The Central Agricultural Research Institute Act of 2014 establishes CARI as an autonomous apex public agricultural research institute responsible for generating…

Natural Resources & Environment
EnactedArchived source PDFVerified 13 September 2026
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Act2011

Children's Law, 2011

Children's Law, 2011 is indexed in the Law Reform Commission's Laws of Liberia collection from a FAOLEX archival copy source document. The original PDF is preserved…

Family & Child Law
EnactedArchived source PDFVerified 13 September 2026
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Code1973

Civil Procedure Law

Civil Procedure Law is indexed in the Law Reform Commission's Laws of Liberia collection from a Liberia Land Authority source document. The original PDF is…

Civil & Commercial Law
AmendedArchived source PDFVerified 14 September 2026
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Act1973

Civil Service Act, 1973

Civil Service Act, 1973 is indexed in the Law Reform Commission's Laws of Liberia collection from a Civil Service Agency source document. The original PDF is…

Public Administration & Regulatory Law
AmendedArchived source PDFVerified 13 September 2026
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Act2009

Community Rights Law of 2009

Community Rights Law of 2009 is indexed in the Law Reform Commission's Laws of Liberia collection from a Liberia Land Authority source document. The original PDF is…

Natural Resources & Environment
EnactedArchived source PDFVerified 13 September 2026
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Amendment2023

Controlled Drug and Substance Act, 2023

The Controlled Drug and Substance Act was approved on 12 July 2023 and printed by authority of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 19 July 2023. It amends Chapter 14…

Criminal Justice
EnactedArchived source PDFVerified 13 September 2026
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Act

Decedents Estates Law

Decedents Estates Law is indexed in the Law Reform Commission's Laws of Liberia collection from a Liberia Land Authority source document. The original PDF is…

Family & Child Law
EnactedArchived source PDFVerified 13 September 2026
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Act2015

Decent Work Act, 2015

Decent Work Act, 2015 is indexed in the Law Reform Commission's Laws of Liberia collection from a LIBLAW archival copy source document. The original PDF is…

Public Administration & Regulatory Law
EnactedArchived source PDFVerified 13 September 2026
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Act

Domestic Relations Law

Domestic Relations Law is indexed in the Law Reform Commission's Laws of Liberia collection from a Liberia Land Authority source document. The original PDF is…

Family & Child Law
EnactedArchived source PDFVerified 13 September 2026
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Act2019

Domestic Violence Act, 2019

Domestic Violence Act, 2019 is indexed in the Law Reform Commission's Laws of Liberia collection from a Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia archival copy…

Human Rights & Gender Justice
EnactedArchived source PDFVerified 13 September 2026
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Act2003

East Nimba Nature Reserve Act, 2003

East Nimba Nature Reserve Act, 2003 is indexed in the Law Reform Commission's Laws of Liberia collection from a FAOLEX archival copy source document. The original…

Natural Resources & Environment
EnactedArchived source PDFVerified 13 September 2026
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Act2011

Education Reform Act, 2011

Education Reform Act, 2011 is indexed in the Law Reform Commission's Laws of Liberia collection from a Ministry of Education archival copy source document. The…

Public Administration & Regulatory Law
EnactedArchived source PDFVerified 13 September 2026
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Act

Environmental Management Act

Environmental Management Act is indexed in the Law Reform Commission's Laws of Liberia collection from a Liberia Land Authority source document. The original PDF is…

Natural Resources & Environment
EnactedArchived source PDFVerified 13 September 2026
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