Section 2 Legal Education (Consolidation, etc.) Act

Section 2 of the Legal Education (Consolidation, etc.) Act is about Composition, etc., of the Council. It provides as follows:

(1) The Council shall consist of-
(a) a chairman, to be appointed by the National Council of Ministers
on the recommendation of the Attorney-General of the
Federation;

(b) Attorneys-General of the States or, where there are no AttorneysGeneral, the Solicitors-General of the States;

(c) a representative of the Federal Ministry of Justice to be appointed
by the Attorney-General of the Federation;

(d) the head of the faculty of law of any recognised university in Nigeria
whose course of legal studies is approved by the Council as
sufficient qualification for admission to the Nigerian Law School;

(e) the president of the Nigerian Bar Association;
(f) fifteen persons entitled to practise as legal practitioners in
Nigeria of not less than ten years standing and selected or elected
by the Nigerian Bar Association;

(g) the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School; and

(h) two persons who must be authors of published learned works in the
field of law, to be appointed by the Attorney-General of the
Federation.

(2) A person appointed as Chairman of the Council shall, unless he
previously resigns or is removed from office, hold office for four years and shall on ceasing to hold office be eligible for
reappointment.

(3) A person appointed a member of the Council pursuant to paragraph
(h) of subsection (1) of this section shall, unless he previously
resigns or is removed from office, hold office for four years and
shall on ceasing to hold office be eligible for reappointment.

(4) The quorum of the Council shall be 10 and the Council may regulate
its own procedure; and the validity of any proceedings of the
Council shall not be affected by any defect in the appointment of
any member, or by reason that a person not entitled to do so took
part in the proceedings.

(5) The Council shall have power to do such things as it considers
expedient for the purpose of performing its functions, but no
remuneration shall be paid to any member of the Council in respect
of his office.

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