SUPREME COURT ACT

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SUPREME COURT ACT

CHAPTER S15 LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA, L.F.N. 2004

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 

1.     Short title. 

2.     Interpretation.           

Part I – General

3.     Number of Justices and tenure of office of Justices. 

4.     Precedence of Justices.       

5.     Salaries and allowances of Justices of the Supreme Court.

6.     Officers of Supreme Court.  

7.     Seal of Supreme Court.       

8.     Process of Supreme Court.

9.     Practice and procedure.      

10.    Number of Justices of the Supreme Court.      

11.    Powers of single Justice of the Supreme Court.

12.    Reserved judgments   

13.    Trial with assessors.    

14.    Costs.

15.    Right of audience.      

16.    Jurisdiction to hear appeals in certain matters.        

Part II – Original Jurisdiction

17.    Provisions applying to exercise of original jurisdiction.      

18.    Witnesses in causes heard in original jurisdiction.     

19.    Power of transfer in certain cases.

20.    Proceedings between the Federation and States.                             

Part III – Appeals in Civil cases

21.    Application of Part III. 

22.    General power of the Supreme Court.    

23.    Wrong ruling as to sufficiency of stamp.

24.    Stay of execution.                              

Part V – Appeals in Criminal cases from the Court of Appeal

25.    Application of Part V.  

26.    Determination of an appeal.         

Part VI – Procedure

27.    Time for appealing.     

28.    Legal assistance to appellant.       

29.    Supplemental powers of court.

30.    Right of appellant to be present.   

31.    Admission of appellant to bail, and date of sentence.

32.    Procedure with respect to frivolous appeals on questions of law.

Part VII – Miscellaneous and repeals

33.    Power to send back a case for amendment. 

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SUPREME COURT ACT

An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to the Supreme Court.

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COMMENCEMENT                         [2^nd day of June 1960]

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