Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999
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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.
7. In the exercise of its powers to impose any tax or duty on -
(a) capital gains, incomes or profits or persons other than companies; and
(b) documents or transactions by way of stamp duties.
the National Assembly may, subject to such conditions as it may prescribe, provide that the collection of any such tax or duty or the
administration of the law imposing it shall be carried out by the Government of a State or other authority of a State.
8. Where an Act of the National Assembly provides for the collection of tax or duty on capital gains, incomes or profit or the
administration of any law by an authority of a State in accordance with paragraph 7 hereof, it shall regulate the liability of persons to
such tax or duty in such manner as to ensure that such tax or duty is not levied on the same person by more than one State.
9. A House of Assembly may, subject to such conditions as it may prescribe, make provisions for the collection of any tax, fee or
rate or for the administration of the Law providing for such collection by a local government council.
10. Where a Law of a House of Assembly provides for the collection of tax, fee or rate or for the administration of such Law by a
local government council in accordance with the provisions hereof it shall regulate the liability of persons to the tax, fee or rate in
such manner as to ensure that such tax, fee or rate is not levied on the same person in respect of the same liability by more than one
local government council.
11. The National Assembly may make laws for the Federation with respect to the registration of voters and the procedure regulating
elections to a local government council.
12. Nothing in paragraph 11 hereof shall preclude a House of Assembly from making laws with respect to election to a local
government council in addition to but not inconsistent with any law made by the National Assembly.
13. The National Assembly may make laws for the Federation or any part thereof with respect to-
(a) electricity and the establishment of electric power stations;
(b) the generation and transmission of electricity in or to any part of the Federation and from one State to another State;
(c) the regulation of the right of any person or authority to dam up or otherwise interfere with the flow of water from sources in any
part of the Federation;
(d) the participation of the Federation in any arrangement with another country for the generation, transmission and distribution of
electricity for any area partly within and partly outside the Federation;
(f) the regulation of the right of any person or authority to use, work or operate any plant, apparatus, equipment or work designed
for the supply or use of electrical energy.
14. A House of Assembly may make laws for the State with respect to -
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