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Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fourth Alteration) Acts, 2017

Annotated alteration evidence — page 81

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Nigeria
Provision
81
Source language
English
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in force
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(b) require such evidence to be given on oath; (c) summon any person in Nigeria to give evidence at any place or produce any document or other thing in his possession or under his control, and examine him as a witness and require him to produce any document or other thing in his possession or under his control, subject to all just exceptions; and (d) issue a warrant to compel the attendance of any person who, after having been summoned to attend, fails, refuses or neglects to do so and does not excuse such failure, refusal or neglect to the satisfaction of the House or the committee in question, and order him to pay all costs which may have been occasioned in compelling his attendance or by reason of his failure, refusal or neglect to obey the summons, and also to impose such fine as may be prescribed for any such failure, refusal or neglect; and any fine so imposed shall be recoverable in the same manner as a fine imposed by a court of law. (2) A summons or warrant issued under this section may be served or executed by any member of the Nigeria Police Force or by any person authorised in that behalf by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the case may require. PART II House of Assembly of a State A - Composition and Staff of House of Assembly 90. Establishment of House of Assembly for each State There shall be a House of Assembly for each of the States of the Federation. 91. Composition of the House of Assembly Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, a House of Assembly of a State shall consist of three or four times the number of seats which that State has in the House of Representatives divided in a way to reflect, as far as possible, nearly equal population: The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Updated with the First, Second , Third and Fourth Alterations 75

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Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fourth Alteration) Acts, 2017 · placng.org · Retrieved 18 August 2026.

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