COURT OF APPEAL (AMENDMENT) ACT, Z013
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
This Act amends the Court of Appeal Act No. 15, 2005 by increasing the number of Justices of the Court of Appeal from seventy to ninety.
COURT OF APPEAL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2013
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section:
1. Amendment of Act No. 15 of2005. 2. Amendment of section 1 3. Citation
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CERTIFY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2 (1) OF THE ACT~ \UTHENTICATION ACT, CAP. A2, LAWS OF THE FEDE~TION OF NIGERIA 20041 l'HAT THIS IS A TRUE COPY OF THE BILL PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES OF THE ~ATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
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SALISU ABUBAKARMAIKASUWA, OON, mni CLE;RK T~ THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
6i:'AY OF MARCH, 2013
COURT OF APPEAL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2013
A Bill
For
An act to amend the Court of Appeal Act No.lS, 2005 by increasing the number of Justices of the Court of Appeal from seventy to ninety.
ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria:
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1. The Court of Appeal Act No. 15,2005 (in this Act referred to as the "Principal Act") is amended as set out in this Act.
Amendment of Act No. 15 of2005.
2. Section 1 of the Principal Act is amended by substituting for the word "seventy" in line 2, the word "ninety".
Amendment of section 1
3. This act may be cited as the Court of Appeal (Amendment) Act, 2013.
Citation
Schedule to Court of Appeal (Amendment) Bill, _v .•..•..•.•
SHORT TITLE OF THE BILL
LONG TITLE OF THE BILL
is" December, 2012
SUMMARY OF THE CONTENTS OF THE
BILL
DATE PASSED DATE PASSED BY THE SENATE BY THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
This Act amends the Court of Appeal Act No. 15, 2005 by increasing the number of Justices of the Court of Appeal from seventy to ninety.
19t11 January, 2012 Court of Appeal (Amendment) Bill, 2013.
An act to amend the Court of Appeal Act No.15, 2005 by increasing the number of Justices of the Court of Appeal from seventy to ninety.
I certify that this Bill has been carefully compared by me with the decision reached by the National Assembly and found by me to be true and correct decision of the Houses and is in accordance with the provisions of the Acts Authentication Act Cap. A2, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
I ASSENT.
SALISU ABUBAKAR MAIKASUW A, OON, mni ClerJt#o the National AssemblylfDay of March, 2013
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DR. GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
~ay of March, 2013