VISITING FORCES ACT

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LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA

VISITING FORCES ACT

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1. Orders applying provisions of Act.
2. Powers in Nigeria of sending country’s service courts, etc.
3. Assistance in arrest of offenders from visiting forces.
4. Restriction of right to try members of visiting forces.
5. Nigerian courts to have regard to sentences of visiting forces’ service court
6. Arrest, custody, etc., of offenders against Nigerian law.
7. Exclusion from Nigerian courts of proceedings relating to visiting forces terms of service.
8. Apprehension, etc., of deserters and absentees without leave.
9. Detention by Nigerian service authorities of sentenced members of visiting forces.
10. Application to visiting forces of law relating to home forces.
11. Attachment of personnel.
12. Attendance of civilian witnesses before visiting forces’ service courts.
13. Proof of facts by certificate.
14. Interpretation.
15. Short title.

Schedule – Offences referred to in section 4

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VISITING FORCES ACT

An Act to make provision with respect to military, naval and air forces of other countries visiting Nigeria; to provide for the apprehension and disposal of deserters and absentees without leave in Nigeria from the forces of other countries; to make provision with respect to the attachment of service personnel to or from the forces of other countries and with respect to the service together of such forces and Nigerian forces; and for connected purposes.

[1965 No. 23.]

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[Commencement.] [10th November, 1965]         

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