CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL OF THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, ABUJA (JURISDICTION ON CHIEFTAINCY MATTERS) ACT

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LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA  

CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL OF THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, ABUJA (JURISDICTION ON CHIEFTAINCY MATTERS)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

This Act increases the general appellate jurisdiction of the Customary Court of Appeal to confer exclusive original jurisdiction on dispute on or arising from chieftaincy matters in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja on the Court.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1. Jurisdiction of Customary Court of Appeal to determine chieftaincy dispute.
2. Repeal of section 12 Act No. 8 of 1997.
3. Interpretation.
4. Citation.

CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL OF THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, ABUJA (JURISDICTION ON CHIEFTAINCY MATTERS) ACT, 2011

An Act to confer exclusive original jurisdiction in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Chieftaincy Matters on the Customary Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; and for related matters.

[Commencement         ]

ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Jurisdiction of customary court of appeal to determine chieftaincy dispatches

1. Subject to section 267 of the Constitution, the Customary Court of Appeal of the federal Capital Territory Abuja, shall-

(a)    exercise appellate and supervisory jurisdiction in proceedings where the subject matter of the claim is on, or relates to customary law; and

(b)    have exclusive original jurisdiction in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja to hear and determine dispute on or relating to Chieftaincy matters.

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