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 deleted the words, “Appeal Committee”)

“Association” means the Nigerian Bar Association;

“Attorney-General” means the Attorney-General of the Federation;
“Bar Council” has the meaning assigned to it by section I of this Act
“Benchers” means the Body of Benchers established by section 3 of this Act;

“President of the Association” means the person for the time being holding office as President of the Association in accordance with the Constitution of the Association; “Chief Justice” means the Chief Justice of Nigeria;
“Disciplinary Committee” has the meaning assigned to it by section II of this Act;

“legal practitioner” means a person entitled in accordance with the provisions of this Act to practise as a barrister or as a barrister and solicitor, either generally or for the purposes of any particular office or proceedings;

“prescribed’ means prescribed by rules of court; “public service of the Federation” has the same meaning as in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999; (Cap. C23)
“qualifying certificate” has the same meaning as in the Legal Education (Consolidation) Act; (Cap. L10)

“the Registrar” means the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court;
“the roll” has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (l) of section 23 of this Act, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

“rules of court” means the rules of court made by the Supreme Court:
“warrant” means a warrant issued by the Chief Justice under section 2 of this Act.