Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fourth Alteration) Acts, 2017
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Official sourcerespectively assigned to them -
“distribution” means the supply of electricity
from a sub-station to the ultimate consumer;
“management” includes maintenance, repairs or replacement;
“power station” means an assembly of plant or equipment for the
creation or generation of electrical energy; and
“transmission” means the supply of electricity from a power
station to a sub-station or from one sub-station to another sub-
station, and the reference to a “sub-station” herein is a reference
to an assembly of plant, machinery or equipment for distribution of
electricity.
G- Exhibition of cinematograph films
16. The National Assembly may make laws for the establishment of
an authority with power to carry out censorship of cinematograph
films and to prohibit or restrict the exhibition of such films; and
nothing herein shall -
(a) preclude a House of Assembly from making provision for a
similar authority for that State; or
(b) authorise the exhibition of a cinematograph film in a State
without the sanction of the authority established by the Law of
that State for the censorship of such films.
H. Industrial, commercial and agricultural development
17. The National Assembly may make laws for the Federation or
any part thereof with respect to -
(a) the health, safety and welfare of persons employed to
work in factories, offices or other premises or in inter-State
transportation and commerce including the training, supervision
and qualification of such persons;
(b) the regulation of ownership and control of business
enterprises throughout the Federation for the purpose of
promoting, encouraging or facilitating such ownership and
control by citizens of Nigeria;
(c) the establishment of research centres for agricultural studies;
and
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