LAGOS STATE SMOKING (THE REGULATION OF) LAW

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LIST OF LAWS OF LAGOS, [ALPHABETICAL]  

SMOKING (THE REGULATION OF) LAW

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1.       Interpretations

2.       Control of smoking

3.       “No-smoking areas”

4.       Duty of owner/occupier

5.       Power to enter and inspect

6.       Obstruction of officers

7.       Penalty for smoking in a “No-Smoking Area”

8.       Penalty for non-compliance by owner/occupier of a “No-Smoking Area’

9.       Smoking in the presence of a child

10.     Power to make regulations

11.     Enforcement of regulations

12.     Posting of signs

13.     Service of notice of contravention

14.     Complaints

15.     Application of the law

16.     Citation and commencement

SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 2        

A LAW TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES IN LAGOS STATE AND FOR CONNECTED PURPOSES

1.       Interpretations

In this Law unless the context otherwise requires –

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner for the Environment in Lagos State of Nigeria or such other member of the State Executive Council charged with the responsibility of the Ministry;

“Ministry” means the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment;

“Public Places” for the purpose of this Law excludes streets, roads, highways etc;

“Smoke” or “Smoking” means –

i.          The carrying or holding of any lighted pipe, cigar, cigarette of any kind, or any other lighted smoking equipment;

ii.         The lighting, inhaling or exhaling of smoke from a pipe, cigar or cigarette of any kind; or

iii.        Being in possession of any other lit substance in a form in which it could be smoked.

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