Section 57 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria

Section 57 of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 is about Unqualified person sitting or voting. It is under Chapter V (The legislature) of the Act.

Any person who sits or votes in the Senate or the House of Representatives knowing or having reasonable grounds for knowing that he is not entitled to do so, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to such punishment as shall be prescribed by an Act of the National Assembly.

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