ADMINISTRATION OF ABANDONED PROPERTY LAW OF LAGOS STATE

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LIST OF LAWS OF LAGOS, [ALPHABETICAL]  

ADMINISTRATION OF ABANDONED PROPERTIES LAW

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1.       Establishment of the Committee

2.       Members of the Committee

3.       Secretary to the Committee

4.       Functions of the Committee

5.       Transfer of abandoned property to the Committee

 6.      Sub-committees

 7.      Officers and agents of the Committee

 8.      Power of entry

 9.      Power of Committee to call for documents and other information

 10.    Accounts

 11.    Furnishing of information to the Military Governor etc by the Committee

 12.    Recovery of expenses and set-off

 13.    Limitation of suits against the Committee

 14.    Service of document

 15.    Representation of Corporation at hearing of action or suit

 16.    Protection of member and agent of the Committee

 17.    Offences

 18.    Release of abandoned property to persons entitled

19.     Funds of the Committee

20.     Interpretation

21.     Citation and commencement

SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE 1.        Meetings of the Committee

SCHEDULE 2.        Miscellaneous

ADMINISTRATION OF ABANDONED PROPERTIES 1969

A  law to provide for the administration of abandoned properties in Lagos state and for connected purposes

[Commencement]                                                              [20 December 1968]

The Lagos State House of Assembly enacts as follows-

1.      Establishment of the Committee

(1)     There is established a Committee to administer abandoned in Lagos State (referred to in this Law as “the Committee”) which shall exercise powers as are conferred on it by this Law.

(2)     The Committee is a body corporate-

(a)     with perpetual succession and a common seal;

(b)     may sue or be sued in its corporate name; and

(c)     may purchase, acquire, hold and dispose any movable and immovable properties in the discharge of its function under this Law.

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