Section 140 Nigeria Police Act

Section 140 of the Nigeria Police Act 2020 is about Savings and transitional provisions. It is under Part XVII (Miscellaneous Provisions) of the Act. It provides as follows:

(1) There are vested in the Police Force established under this Act, all assets, funds, resources and other moveable or immoveable property which immediately before the commencement of this Act were vested in the Police Force existing immediately before the commencement of this Act.

(2) All rights, interests, obligations and liabilities of the Police Force existing immediately before the commencement of this Act under any contract or instrument, or in law or in equity, are by virtue of this Act assigned to and
vested in the Police Force established under this Act.

(3) Any contract or instrument referred to in subsection (2) has the same effect against or in favour of the Police Force established under this Act and shall be enforced as fully and effectively as if, instead of the Police Force existing immediately before the commencement of this Act, the Police Force established under this Act had been named in it or had been a party to it.

(4) Any proceeding or cause of action pending or existing immediately before the commencement of this Act in respect of any right, interest, obligation or liability of the Police Force existing immediately before the commencement of this Act may be continued, or as the case may require, be commenced and the determination of a court or tribunal or other authority or person may be enforced by or against the Police Force established under this Act to the same extent that the cause of action or determination might have been continued or commenced or enforced by or against the Police Force existing immediately before the commencement of this Act as if this Act had not been enacted.

(5) Subject to the provisions of this Act and to such directions as may be issued by the Police Service Commission, a person who immediately before the commencement of this Act held office in the Police Force existing before the commencement of this Act is deemed to have been transferred to the Police Force established under this Act on terms and conditions not less favourable than those obtaining immediately before the commencement of this Act and employment in the Police Force existing immediately before the commencement of this Act is deem to be service in the Police Force established under this Act for the purpose of pension.

(6) Any regulation, order, notice made or issued by or for the purpose of the Police Force existing immediately before the commencement of this Act are deemed, if not inconsistent with this Act, to have been made or issued by or for the purposes of the Police Force established under this Act and shall continue in force until revoked or amended, subject to such modifications as may, from time to time be applicable to the Police Force established under this Act.

(7) The Minister may if he thinks fit, within 12 months after the commencement of this Act, by notice published in the Federal Government Gazette, make additional transitional provisions for the better carrying out of the objectives of this section.