Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fourth Alteration) Acts, 2017
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- Nigeria
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Official source(2) The President shall within a period of thirty days after receipt
of the report lay copies of the report before the Council of State,
which shall consider the report and advise the President whether to
accept it or reject it.
(3) Where the Council of State advises the President to accept the
report, the President shall accept the same and shall then lay the
report on the table of each House of the National Assembly.
(4) Where the President accepts such report and has laid it on the
table of each House of the National Assembly he shall publish it in
the official Gazette of the Government of the Federation for public
information.
(5) Where the Council of State advises the President to reject the
report upon the ground-
(a) that the population census contained in the report is
inaccurate; or
(b) that the report is perverse,
the President shall reject the report accordingly and no reliance
shall be placed upon any such report by any authority or person or
for any purpose whatsoever.
B - Nigeria Police Force
214. Establishment of Nigeria Police Force
(1) There shall be a police force for Nigeria, which shall be known
as the Nigeria Police Force, and subject to the provisions of this
section no other police force shall be established for the Federation
or any part thereof.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution –
(a) the Nigeria Police Force shall be organised and administered
in accordance with such provisions as may be prescribed by an
Act of the National Assembly;
(b) the members of the Nigeria Police Force shall have such
powers and duties as maybe conferred upon them by law;
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