LAGOS STATE INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL (AMENDMENT) LAW, 2016

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LAGOS STATE INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL (AMENDMENT) LAW, 2016

A LAWTOAMEND THE LAGOS STATE INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION LAW 2OO8 (CAP. L36 LAWS OF LAGOS STATE 2OI5) AND FOR CONNECTED PURPOSES.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

I.       Amendment to the Principal Law

2.       Amendment to Section 5.

3.       Amendment to Section 11(1)

4.       Amendment to Section 40

5.       Creation of a new Section 62

6.       Creation of a new Section 63

7.       Creation of a new Section 64

8.       Renumbering of Sections of the Principal Law

9.       Citation and Commencement

[COMMENCEMENT                                                                                       (5^th may, 2016)]

I.       Amendment to the Principal Law

The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission Law Cap L36 Laws of Lagos State 201 5 (referred to as the “principal Law”) is amended as follows_

2.       Amendment to Section 5.

The Principal Law is amended by deleting Section 5 and replacing it as follows-

          (1)     The Functions of the Commission shall be to –

                   (a)     organize, undertake and supervise all elections to Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas within the State;

                   (b)     render such advice as it may consider necessary to the Independent National Electoral                             Commission on the compilation of the register of voters:

                   (c)     prescribe guidelines to political parties stipulating the rules and procedure for the conduct  of Local Government elections in the State;

                   (d)     conduct voters and civic education;

                   (e)     promote knowledge of sound democratic election processes;

                   (f)      conduct any referendum or plebiscite required to be conducted pursuant to the provisions of Constitution of Nigeria 1999 (as Amended) or any Law of the State House of Assembly;

                   (g)     prepare and submits its budget directly to the House of Assembly;

                   (h)     liaise directly with the Commissioner of Police, Director, State Security Service and other                             relevant security bodies in order to facilitate violence-free and fair elections;

                   (i)      consult regularly with all registered political parties in the State and ensure free flow of                             information about the Commission;

                   (j)      appoint Counsel to defend the Commission and prosecute anyone who violates the provisions of the Law;

                   (k)     assign polls clerks and orderlies in respect of each polling station or unit to assist at the polls; and

                   (l)      perform such other functions as may be conferred on it by law.

2(a)   Subject to the provisions of the Independent National Electoral Commission Act, the Commission           shall divide each Local Government Area into such number of Wards, not less than ten (10) or           more than twenty (20) as the circumstances of each Local Government may require.

(b)     The boundaries of each ward shall be such that the number of inhabitants of the Ward is as nearly equal to the population quota of the ward as is reasonably practicable.                   

(c)     The Commission shall review the division of every Local Government into wards at intervals of every ten (10) years and may after such wards in accordance with the provisions of this Subsection to such extent as it may consider desirable.

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