Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Second Alteration) Act, 2010
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- Jurisdiction
- Nigeria
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- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- in force
Provision text
Official source(v) whether the term of office of a Governor or Deputy
Governor has ceased,
(vi) whether the office of Governor or Deputy Governor has
become vacant; and
(f) such other cases as may be prescribed by an Act of the National
Assembly."
Original Jurisdiction
Substitution for
7 Section 25 of the First Alteration Act and section 239 of the Constitution section 25 of the
are substituted for the following new section- Alteration Act and
section 239 of the
Constitution,
" (1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Court of Appeal
shall, to the exclusion of any other court of Law in Nigeria, have
original jurisdiction to hear and determine any question as to
whether -
\,..-
(a) any person has been validly elected to the office of President
or Vice-President under this Constitution; or
(b) the term of office of the President or Vice-President has
ceased; or
(c) the office of President or Vice-President has become vacant."
(2) In the hearing and determination of an election petition under
paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section, the Court of Appeal shall
be duly constituted if it consists of at least three Justices of the Court
Appeal.
8 Appeal from Code of Conduct Tribunal and other Courts and Substitution for
Tribunals section 246 of the
Constitution and
Section 26 of the
Section 26 of the First Alteration Act and section 246 of the Constitution First Alteration Act.
are substituted for the following new section -
"(1) An appeal to the Court of Appeal shall lie as of right from -
(a) decisions of the Code of Conduct Tribunal established in the
Fifth Schedule to this Constitution;
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