The law modifies the law No. 84-10 relative à l’état civil and regulates all the aspects regarding civil status matters.
The Act provides for the re-structuring, development, and regulation of the information and communication sectors in The Gambia and for matters connected therewith.
Statistics Act
This Act provides for a sustainable, effective and efficient national statistical system for The Gambia for the collection, production and dissemination of integrated, relevant, reliable, timely statistical information, establishes The Gambia Bureau of Statistics as a supervisory authority for the national statistical system.
This law institutes a national card certifying the holder's identity.
The law regulates all the aspects regarding civil status matters.
The Act makes provision for the acquisition of citizenship of The Gambia by registration in certain cases; regulates the manner and circumstances in which aliens may naturalised as citizens of The Gambia and in which citizens of The Gambia may renounce or be deprived of their citizenship; and makes provision for certain other matters relating to citizenship of The Gambia.
This Act makes provisions for the registration of births, deaths and marriages.