Rule 10 Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners
Rule 10 of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners (RPC) 2023 is about Seal and stamp. It is under Part 1 (Practice as a Legal Practitioner) of Chapter 1 (Conduct) of the Rules. It provides as follows:
(1) A lawyer, acting in his capacity as a legal practitioner, legal officer or adviser of any government department or Ministry or any corporation, shall not sign or file a legal document unless there is affixed on any such document a seal and stamp approved by the Nigerian Bar Association.
(2) For the purpose of this rule, legal documents include pleadings, affidavits, depositions, applications, instruments, agreements, deeds, letters, memoranda, reports, legal opinions, or any similar documents.
(3) Where a lawyer signs or files any legal document as defined under paragraph (2) of this rule, and in any of the capacities mentioned in paragraph (1) of this rule, the document so signed or filed shall be deemed mot to have been duly or properly signed or file.