Section 1 Investments and Securities Act Section 1 of the Investments and Securities Act 2025 is about Establishment of the Securities and Exchange Commission. It is under Part I (Establishment, Objectives, Functions, and Powers of the Securities and Exchange Commission) of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) There is established the Securities and Exchange…

Second Schedule Legal Practitioners Act [Section 11.] Supplementary provisions as to the Disciplinary Committee The Disciplinary Committee 1. The quorum of the Disciplinary Committee shall be five. 2. (1) The Chief Justice of Nigeria shall make rules for the purposes of any proceedings and as to the procedure to be followed and the rules of…

First Schedule Legal Practitioners Act 1975 Section 8(4). Table of Precedence 1. The Attorney-General of the Federation. 2. The Attorney-General of a State but only in the High Court of that State or in any court or tribunal established by or under a law enacted by the House of Assembly of that State. 3. Senior…

Section 25 Legal Practitioners Act Section 25 of Legal Practitioners Act 1975 is about Short title. It is under ‘General.‘ of the sections of the Act. It provides as follows: This Act may be cited as the Legal Practitioners Act.

Section 24 Legal Practitioners Act Section 24 of Legal Practitioners Act 1975 is about Interpretation. It is under ‘General.‘ of the sections of the Act. It provides as follows: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say— (1994 No. 21…

Section 23A Legal Practitioners Act Section 23A of Legal Practitioners Act 1975 is about Exclusion of Civil Proceedings. It is under ‘General.‘ of the sections of the Act. It provides as follows: 1. No person shall commence or maintain as action or any legal proceedings whatsoever relating to, connected with or arising from— a the…

Section 23 Legal Practitioners Act Section 23 of Legal Practitioners Act 1975 is about Miscellaneous Supplementary Provisions. It is under ‘General.‘ of the sections of the Act. It provides as follows: 1. It shall be the duty of the Registrar to continue to maintain the roll of court kept immediately before the passing of the…

Section 22 Legal Practitioners Act Section 22 of Legal Practitioners Act 1975 is about Offences. It is under ‘General.‘ of the sections of the Act. It provides as follows: 1. Subject to the provisions of this section, if any person other than a legal practitioner- a. practises, or holds himself out to practise, as a…

Section 21 Legal Practitioners Act Section 21 of Legal Practitioners Act 1975 is about Special Provisions as to Client Accounts with Banks. It is under ‘Safeguards for Clients, etc.‘ of the sections of the Act. It provides as follows: 1. A bank at which a legal practitioner keeps an account for clients’ moneys shall not,…

Section 20 Legal Practitioners Act Section 20 of Legal Practitioners Act 1975 is about Accounts and Records for Clients’ moneys. It is under ‘Safeguards for Clients, etc.‘ of the sections of the Act. It provides as follows: 1. Subject to subsection (4) of this section, the Bar Council may, from time to time, as the…