CENTER FOR LAWS OF NIGERIA: FEDERAL LAWS
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LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA
FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ACT
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
- Creation of Federal Capital Territory for Nigeria.
- Boundaries to be better defined.
- Establishment of Federal Capital Development Authority.
- Functions and powers of the Authority.
- Executive Secretary and other Staff of the Authority.
- Compensation payable.
- Development without Authority’s approval prohibited.
- Power to enter premises and obtain information.
- Offences and penalty therefore.
- Offences by bodies corporate.
- Accounts and audit.
- Annual reports to President.
- Applicable Laws in the Federal Capital Territory.
- Regulations.
- Interpretation of Applicable Laws.
- Appeals from decisions of Upper Area Courts etc.
- Application of High Court Laws of Northern Nigeria to the appeals.
- Delegation of powers to the Minister for the Federal Capital Territory.
- Exemption from such delegation.
- Interpretation.
- Short title.
First Schedule – Boundaries of the Federal Capital Territory
Second schedule – Laws Applicable to the Federal Capital Territory
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FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ACT
An Act to establish for Nigeria, a Federal Capital Territory and to provide for the constitution of a Federal Capital Development Authority for exercising the various powers set out in this Act, to execute other projects connected therewith, to provide for the laws applicable to that Territory and for appeals from the Upper Area Court and the law applicable thereto; and to provide for the delegation to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory of the executive powers vested in the President and those vested in him and the Governor of a State under the applicable laws.
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[COMMENCEMENT [4th day of February 1976]
ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO THE LAWS OF NIGERIA (UPDATED TO 2018)