Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fourth Alteration) Acts, 2017
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Official sourceTHIRD SCHEDULE
PART I
Federal Executive Bodies (established by section 153)
A - Code of Conduct Bureau
1. The Code of Conduct Bureau shall comprise the following
members-
(a) a Chairman; and
(b) nine other members,
each of whom at the time of appointment, shall not be less than
fifty years of age and subject to the provisions of section 157 of this
Constitution shall vacate his office on attaining the age of seventy
years.
2. The Bureau shall establish such offices in each State of the
Federation as it may require for the discharge of its functions under
this Constitution.
3. The Bureau shall have power to –
(a) receive declarations by public officers made under paragraph
12 of Part I of the Fifth Schedule to this Constitution;
(b) examine the declarations in accordance with the requirements
of the Code of Conduct or any law;
(c) retain custody of such declarations and make them available
for inspection by any citizen of Nigeria on such terms and
conditions as the National Assembly may prescribe;
(d) ensure compliance with and, where appropriate, enforce the
provisions of the Code of Conduct of any law relating thereto;
(e) receive complaints about non-compliance with or breach of
the provisions of the Code of Conduct or any law in relation
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