Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fifth Alteration) Acts, 2023
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Official sourceon him by such a court or tribunal or substituted by a competent
authority for any other sentence imposed on him by such a court;
(d) within a period of less than ten years before the date of
an election to a legislative house, he has been convicted and
sentenced for an offence involving dishonesty or he has been
found guilty of a contravention of the Code of Conduct;
(e) he is an undischarged bankrupt, having been adjudged or
otherwise declared bankrupt under any law in force in any part
of Nigeria;
(f) he is a person employed in the public service of the Federation
or of any State and has not resigned, withdrawn or retired from
such employment thirty days before the date of election;
(g) he is a member of a secret society;
(h) he has been indicted for embezzlement or fraud by a Judicial [Section 66(1)(h)
is deleted by the
Commission of Inquiry or an Administrative Panel of Inquiry or a
Constitution of Federal
Tribunal set up under the Tribunals of Inquiry Act, a Tribunals of Republic of Nigeria
Inquiry Law or any other law by the Federal or State Government (First Alteration Act)
which indictment has been accepted by the Federal or State 2010]
Governments respectively; or
(i) he has presented a forged certificate to the Independent
National Electoral Commission.
(2) Where in respect of any person who has been-
(a) adjudged to be a lunatic;
(b) declared to be of unsound mind;
(c) sentenced to death or imprisonment; or
(d) adjudged or declared bankrupt,
any appeal against the decision is pending in any court of law in
accordance with any law in force in Nigeria, subsection (1) of the
section shall not apply during a period beginning from the date
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Updated with the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Alterations 63
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