Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fifth Alteration) Acts, 2023
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Official sourceFederation or for the imposition of charges upon the revenue
and assets of the Federation for any purpose notwithstanding
that it relates to a matter with respect to which the National
Assembly is not empowered to make laws.
2. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, any House of
Assembly may make provisions for grants or loans from and the
imposition of charges upon any of the public funds of that State
or the imposition of charges upon the revenue and assets of that
State for any purpose notwithstanding that it relates to a matter
with respect to which the National Assembly is empowered to
make laws.
B- Antiquities and monuments
3. The National Assembly may make laws for the Federation or
any part thereof with respect to such antiquities and monuments
as may, with the consent of the State in which such antiquities and
monuments are located, be designated by the National Assembly
as National Antiquities or National Monuments but nothing in this
paragraph shall preclude a House of Assembly from making laws
for the State or any part thereof with respect to antiquities and
monuments not so designated in accordance with the foregoing
provisions.
C- Archives
4. The National Assembly may make laws for the Federation or any
part thereof with respect to the archives and public records of the
Federation.
5. A House of Assembly may, subject to paragraph 4 hereof, make
laws for that State or any part thereof with respect to archives and
public records of the Government of the State.
6. Nothing in paragraphs 4 and 5 hereof shall be construed as
enabling any laws to be made which do not preserve the archives
and records which are in existence at the date of commencement
of this Constitution, and which are kept by authorities empowered
to do so in any part of the Federation.
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