Category: Nigeria


  • Section 56 Sheriffs and Civil Process Act Section 56 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act 1945 is about Praecipe for judgment summons ; different names. It provides as follows: Where the name or address of any person as given in the praecipe differs from the name or address in the judgment or order both…

  • Section 55 Sheriffs and Civil Process Act Section 55 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act 1945 is about Application for judgment summons for examination of judgment debtor. It provides as follows: (1) Where a judgment debtor makes default in payment of any sum recovered against him or any instalment thereof under a judgment, the…

  • Section 54 Sheriffs and Civil Process Act Section 54 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act 1945 is about Application of Islamic law in the Northern States where parties are Muslims. It provides as follows: (1) In the application of sections 44 to 53 of this Act to the Northern States, the following provisions shall…

  • Section 53 Sheriffs and Civil Process Act Section 53 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act 1945 is about Certificate of title to be withheld on s ale to an alien or of a right of occupancy. It provides as follows: (1) Where the highest bidder at a sale is an alien for the purposes…

  • Section 52 Sheriffs and Civil Process Act Section 52 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act 1945 is about Obs tructing purchaser in obtaining possession. It provides as follows: If the purchaser of any immovable property sold in execution shall, notwithstanding the order of the court, be resisted or obstructed in obtaining possession of the…

  • Section 51 Sheriffs and Civil Process Act Section 51 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act 1945 is about Immovable property in possession of judgment debtor. It provides as follows: If the property sold shall consist of a house, land or other immovable property in possession of a judgment debtor or some person on his…

  • Section 50 Sheriffs and Civil Process Act Section 50 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act 1945 is about Certificate of title. It provides as follows: After a sale of immovable property shall have become absolute in manner aforesaid,the court shall grant a certificate to the person who may have been declared the purchaser at…

  • Section 49 Sheriffs and Civil Process Act Section 49 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act 1945 is about Return of deposit or purchase money. It provides as follows: Wherever a sale of immovable property is set aside the purchaser shall be entitled to receive back any money deposited or paid by him on account…

  • Section 48 Sheriffs and Civil Process Act Section 48 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act 1945 is about When sale becomes absolute. It provides as follows: If no such application as is mentioned in section 47 of this Act is made, the sale shall be deemed absolute. If such application be made and the…

  • Section 47 Sheriffs and Civil Process Act Section 47 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act 1945 is about Setting aside sale for irregularity. It provides as follows: At any time within 21 days from the date of the sale of any immovable property, application may be made to the court to set aside the…