Section 119 Nigeria Police Act

Section 119 of the Nigeria Police Act 2020 is about Procedural matters. It is under Part XIV (Community Policing Committee) of the Act. It provides as follows:

(1) A Committee, Sub-Committee and Divisional Committee shall-
(a) elect, from amongst its members, a chairman, vice-chairman and a secretary who shall be police officers ;
(b) determine the number of members to be assigned by the State Commissioner or Divisional Police Officer to serve as members of the Committee or Sub-Committee concerned ;

(c) determine its own procedure and cause minutes to be kept of its proceedings; and ·
(d) whenever it considers necessary, co-opt other members, experts or community leaders io the Committee, Sub-Committee and Divisional Committee in an advisory capacity.

(2) Members of the Committee, Sub-Committee and Divisional Committee shall render their services on a voluntary basis and shall have no claim to any remuneration solely for services rendered to the Committee, Sub-Committee or Divisional Committee.

(3) The majority of the members of a Committee, Sub-Committee or Divisional Committee shall constitute a quorum at any of its meetings.

(4) In the absence of the Chairman of a Committee, Sub-Committee or a Divisional Committee at a meeting, the vice-chairman shall preside over the meeting, and if both the Chairman and Vice-Chairman are absent, the members present shall elect one of them present to preside over the meeting.

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