NATIONAL IDENTITY MANAGEMENT COMMISSION ACT

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LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA

NATIONAL IDENTITY MANAGEMENT COMMISSION ACT

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

This Act provides for the establishment of a National Identity Database and the National Identity Management Commission to be charged with the responsibilities for maintenance of the National Database, the registration of individuals, and the issuance of general Multi-purpose Identity Cards; and for related matters.

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I – Establishment, etc. of the National Identity Management Commission

1. Establishment of a National  Identity Management  Commission.
2. Membership of the Commission.
3. Tenure of Office of the chairman and members of the Board.
4. Emoluments, etc.

PART II – Functions and Powers of the Commission

5. Functions of the Commission.
6. Powers of the Commission.

PART III – Staff of the Commission

7. The Director-General.
8. Appointment, dismissal, etc. of other staff of the Commission.
9. Staff regulations.

PART IV – Financial Provisions

10. Fund of the Commission.
11. Power to accept gifts.
12. Annual estimate and accounts.
13. Annual reports.

PART V – Establishment of the National Identity Database, etc.

14. Establishment of a National Identity Database.
15. Objectives of the Database.
16. Registrable persons.
17. Contents of the Database.
18. Registration and issuance of Multi-purpose Identity Cards.
19. Assignment of National Identity Cards.
20. Provision of information by third parties.
21. Contents of the Multi-purpose Identity Cards.
22. Change of circumstances and errors.
23. Security of the Multi-purpose Identity Card.
24. Production of a Multi-purpose Identity Card.
25. Cancellation and withdrawal of Multi-purpose Identity Cards.
26. Disclosure of registered information.
27. Mandatory use of the National Identification Number for transactions.

PART VI – Offences and Penalties

28. Unauthorised access, refusal to give information, etc.
29. Transactions without a National Identification Number.
30. Miscellaneous offences, etc.

PART VII – Miscellaneous Provisions

31. Power to make regulations.
32. Repeal, savings, etc.
33. Interpretation.
34. Short title.

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE – Supplementary Provisions relating to the Commission

SECOND SCHEDULE –   Contents of the Database     

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NATIONAL IDENTITY MANAGEMENT COMMISSION ACT, 2007

An Act to provide for the establishment of a National Identity Database and the National Identity Management Commission to be charged with the responsibilities for maintenance of the National Database, the registration of individuals, and the issuance of general Multi-purpose Identity Cards; and for related matters.

[Commencement. ] [25th May, 2007]    

ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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