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The Laws of the Federation of Nigeria - enactments and subsidiary legislation - in force as of

the 31st day of January 1990

 

 

Name

Volume

Chapter

 

 

 

Acts Authentication

I

4

Administrative Staff College of Nigeria

I

6

Advertising Practitioners (Registration ect)

I

7

Advisory Council On Religious Affairs

I

9

African Chapter on Human And Peoples' Rights (Ratification And Enforcement)

I

10

Agricultural (Control Of Importation)

I

12

Agricultural And Rural Management Training Institute

I

11

Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund

I

13

Ahmadu Bello University (Transitional Provisions)

I

14

Anatomy

I

17

Animal Diseases (Control)

I

18

Arbitration And Conciliation

I

19

Architects

I

20

Armed Forces Comfort Fund

I

21

Armed Forces (Disciplinary Proceedings) (Special Provisions)

I

22

Armed Forces Pensions

I

23

Army Colour (Prohibition of use)

I

25

Associated Gas Re-Injection

I

26

Bank Employees Etc. (Declaration of Assets)

II

27

Bankruptcy

II

30

Banks (Motor Vehicles Loans) (Miscellaneous Provisions)

II

31

Bayero University

II

32

Bight of Bonny

II

34

Bills of Exchange

II

35

Borstal Institutions And Remand Centres

II

38

Boy Scouts

II

39

Builders (Registration Etc.)

II

40

Building Lines (Federal Trunk Roads)

II

41

Capital Gains Tax

II

42

Capital Transfer Tax

II

43

Carriage Of Goods By Sea

II

44

Casino Taxation

II

45

Citizenship And Leadership Training Centre

II

50

Civil Aviation

II

51

Civil Aviation (Fire And Security Measures)

III

52

Code Of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal

III

56

Coins

III

57

Companies And  Allied Matters Act

III

59

Companies Income Tax Act

IV

60

Consular Conventions Act

IV

65

Control of Advertisement (Federal Highways) Act

IV

66

Co-operative Development Act

IV

67

Copyright Act

V

68

Corneal Grafting Act

V

69

Corporate Bodies (Members Emolument) Act

V

70

Counterfeit Currency (Special Provisions) Act

V

74

Court of Appeal Act

V

75

Court of Appeal (Amendment) Decree V  

Creation of States and Boundary Adjustment (Procedure) Act

V

76

Criminal Code Act

V

77

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions)

V

78

Criminal Justice (Release from Custody) (Special Provisions) Act

V

79

Criminal Procedure (Northern States) Act

V

81

Criminal Procedure Act

V

80

Customs and Excise Management Act

V

84

Customs and Excise Management (Disposal of Goods) Act

V

85

Customs and Excise (Special Penal and Other Provisions) Act

V

86

Customs Duties (Dumped and Subsidised Goods) Act

V

87

Customs, Excise Tariff, Etc, (Consolidation) Act

VI

88

Customs, Immigration and Prison Services Board Act

VI

89

Daily Times of Nigeria Limited (Transfer of Certain Shares) Act

VI

90

Dangerous Drugs Act

VI

91

Decimal Currency Act

VII

92

Defamatory and Offensive Publications Act

VII

93

Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria Act

VII

94

Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (Exclusion of Armed Forces Armament Depot) Act

VII

95

Dental Technologist (Registration, Etc.) Act

VII

96

Designation of Enactments Act

VII

97

Diamond Trading Act

VII

98

Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges Act

VII

99

Directorate for Social Mobilisation Act

VII

101

Directorate of Food, Roads and Rural Infrastructures Act

VII

100

Dishonoured Cheques (Offences) Act

VII

102

Educational (National Minimum Standards and Establishment of Institutions) Act

VII

104

Educational Correspondence Colleges Accreditation Act

VII

103

Electoral Act

VII

105

Electricity Act

VII

106

Employees Housing Schemes (Special Provisions) Act

VII

107

Endangered Species (Control of International Trade and Traffic) Act

VII

108

Energy Commission of Nigeria

VII

109

Engineers (Registration, Etc.) Act

VII

110

Estate Surveyors and Valuers (Registration, Etc.) Act

VII

111

Evidence Act

VIII

112

Exchange Control (Anti-Sabotage) Act

VIII

114

Exchange Control Act

VIII

113

Excise (Control of Distillation) Act

VIII

115

Exclusive Economic Zones Act

VIII

116

Explosives Act

VIII

117

Export (Incentives and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act

VIII

118

Export of Nigerian Produce Act

VIII

119

Export Produce (Federal Powers) Act

VIII

120

Export (Prohibition) Act

VIII

121

External Loans Act

VIII

122

External Loan (Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Development) Act

VIII

123

External Trade letters of Credit (Control) Act

VIII

124

Extradition Act

VIII

125

Factories Act

VIII

126

Federal Capital Territory Act

VIII

128

Federal Capital Territory, Abuja (Appeal form Area Courts) Act

VIII

127

Federal Colleges of Education Act

VIII

129

Federal Commissions (Privileges and Immunities) Act

VIII

130

Federal Environment Protection Agency Act

VIII

131

Federal Government Newspapers Corporation (Repeal, Etc.) Act

VIII

132

Federal Government Staff Housing Board Act

VIII

133

Federal High Court Act

VIII 134

Federal Highways Act

VIII

135

Federal Housing Authority Act

VIII

136

Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria Act

VIII

138

Federal Polytechnics Act

VIII

139

Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria Act

VIII

140

Federal Road Safety Commission Act

VIII

141

Federal Savings Bank Act

IX

142

Federal Universities of Technology Act

IX

143

Finance (Control and Management) Act

IX

144

Financial Year Act

IX

145

Fire Service Act

IX

147

Firearms Act

IX

146

Flags and Coats of Arms Act

IX

148

Flags of Nigerian Ships Act

IX

149

Food and Drugs Act

IX

150

Foreign Currency (Domiciliary Accounts) Act

IX

151

Foreign Judgements (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act

IX

152

Forfeiture of Assets (Director of the Special Structures Company Ltd.) Act

IX

153

Forfeiture of Assets (Messrs Davis of America, etc.) Act

IX

155

Forfeiture of Assets (Voteniski Nigerian Limited) Act

IX

157

Forfeiture of Assets, etc. (Validation) Act

IX

154

Forfeiture of Property (8 Okotie-Eboh Street, South-West Ikoyi) Act

IX

158

Gaming Machines (Prohibition) Act

IX

159

Gaskiya Corporation (Winding Up) Act

IX

160

General Loan and Stock Act

IX

161

Geneva Conventions Act

IX

162

Gold Trading Act

IX

163

Government Promissory Notes Act

IX

164

Harmful Waste (Special Criminal Provisions, etc.) Act

IX

165

Health Records Officers (Registration, etc.) Act

IX

166

Hides and Skins Act

IX

167

High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja (Civil Procedure Rules) Act

IX

168

Hire-Purchase Act

IX

169

Hydrocarbon oil Refineries Act

IX

170

Immigration Act

X

171

Import (Prohibition) Act

X

172

Income Tax (Armed Forces and Other Persons) (Special Provisions) Act

X

174

Income Tax (Authorised Communications) Act

X

175

Indian Hemp Act

X

176

Industrial Arbitration Tribunal (Variation of Certain Awards) Repeals Act

X

177

Industrial Development (Income Tax Relief) Act

X

179

Industrial Development Co-ordination Act

X

178

Industrial Inspectorate Act

X

180

Industrial Promotion Act

X

181

Industrial Training Fund Act

X

182

Institute of Chartered Accountants Act

X

185

Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology Act

X

186

Internal Loans (Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Development) Act

X

188

Internal Loans Act

X

187

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (Enforcement of Awards) Act

X

189

International Financial Organisations Act

X

190

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Act

X

191

Interpretation Act

X

192

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Act

X

193

Judicial Officers (Extension of Period of Service) Act

X

195

Kaduna Polytechnic Act

X

196

Kainji Lake National Park Act

X

197

Labour Act

X

198

Lagos Port Operations (Special Provisions) Act

X

199

Lagos University Teaching Hospital Act

XI

201

Land Use Act

XI

202

Land Use Act (Validation of Certain Laws, etc.) Act

XI

203

Law Officers Act

XI

204

Legal Aid Act

XI

205

Legal Education (Consolidation, etc.) Act

XI

206

Legal Practitioners Act

XI

207

Legislative Houses (Power and Privileges) Act

XI

208

Live Fish (Control of Importation) Act

XI

209

Loans (Internal Borrowing) Act

XI

210

Loans (State Development) Act

XI

211

Loans Act

XI

212

Local Government (Basic Constitutional and Transitional Provisions) Act

XI

213

Local Loans (Registered Stock and Securities) Act

XI

214

Maintenance Orders Act

XI

215

Marine Insurance Act

XI

216

Maritime Academy of Nigeria Act

XI

217

Marriage Act

XI

218

Marriages (Validation) Act

XI

219

Matrimonial Causes Act

XII

220

Medical and Dental Practitioners Act

XII

221

Medical Rehabilitation Therapist (Registration, etc.) Act

XII

222

Merchandise Marks Act

XII

223

Merchant Shipping Act

XIII and XIV

224

Mines and Quarries (Control of Buildings, etc.) Act

XV

227

Ministers' Statutory Powers and Duties (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act

XV

228

Ministry of Finance Incorporated Act

XV

229

Minor Offences (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act

XV

230

Mortgage Institutions Act

XV

231

Motor Spirit (Returns) Act

XV

232

Motor Vehicle (Third Party Liability Insurance) Act

XV

233

Motor Vehicles (Third Party Liability Insurance) (ECOWAS Brown Card Scheme) Act

XV

234

Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Within the Commonwealth (Enactment and Enforcement) Act

XV

235

National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies Act

XV

262

National Board for Technical Education Act

XV

237

National Boundary Commission, etc. Act

XV

238

National Centre for Economic Management and Administration Act

XV

239

National Civic Registration Act

XV

240

National Commission for Colleges of Education Act

XV

241

National Commission for Museums and Monuments Act

XV

242

National Commission for Nomadic Education Act

XV

243

National Commission for Refugees, etc. Act

XV

244

National Commission for Rehabilitation Act

XVI

245

National Commission For Women Act

XVI

246

National Committee on Geographical Names Act

XVI

247

National Council for Arts and Culture Act

XVI

248

National Crop Varieties and Livestock Breeds (Registration, Etc.) Act

XVI

249

National Directorate of Employment Act

XVI

250

National Drug Formulary and Essential Drug List Act

XVI

252

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act

XVI

253

National Economic Reconstruction Fund Act

XVI

254

National Electoral Commission Act

XVI

255

National Electric Power Authority Act

XVI

256

National Emergency Relief Agency Act

XVI

257

National Eye Centre Act

XVI

258

National Fertilizer Board Act

XVI

259

National Honours Act

XVI

260

National Institute for Labour Studies Act

XVI

261

National Insurance Corporation of Nigeria Act

XVI

263

National Library Act

XVI

264

National Mathematical Centre Act

XVI

265

National Medical College Act

XVI

266

National Minimum Wage Act

XVI

267

National Office of Industrial Property Act

XVII

268

National Open University Act

XVII

269

National Population Commission Act

XVII

270

National Primary Education Commission Act

XVII

271

National Productivity Centre Act

XVII

272

National Provident Fund (Management Board, Etc.) Act

XVII

274

National Provident Fund Act

XVII