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Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015

Ministry of Justice, Nigeria

This Act provides for the administration of a criminal justice system that promotes efficient management of criminal justice institutions; the prompt dispensation of justice; protecting the society from crimes; protecting the rights of the defendant and victims of crimes in Nigeria.

Nigeria 2015 Justice

Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme Bill, 2016

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

This bill provides the regulatory framework for the agricultural credit fund to promote commercial agriculture in Nigeria, ensure credit support for production, the storage and processing of target commodities, develop market and agricultural enterprise, and other related matters.

Nigeria 2016 Agriculture and Rural Development

Emergency Economic Stimulus Bill, 2020.

Ministry of Interior Affairs, Nigeria

This bill covers regulations on corporate tax liability, suspension of import duty on selected goods and deferral of residential mortgage obligations in response to the economic downturn occasioned by the outbreak of COVID-19 disease and other related matters. It aims to protect the employment status of Nigerians and eliminate additional fiscal bottlenecks on the importation of medical equipment, medicines, personal protection equipment and other such medical necessities.

Nigeria 2020 Economy

Lagos State Traffic Law (Offense and Penalty)

Ministry of Transportation, Nigeria

This document provides 16 traffic offences and their penalties. Some of the offences include riding a motorcycle against traffic, failure to give way to traffic on the left at a roundabout.

Nigeria 2012 Transportation

Petroleum Act

Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Nigeria

This Act provides for the exploration of petroleum in the territorial waters and the continental shelf of Nigeria and to vest the ownership of all on-shore and off-shore revenue derivable from petroleum resources to the Federal government.

Nigeria 2004 Energy

Agricultural Research Institutes Decree 1975

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

This order establishes research institutes and provides for their constitution, functions and relationship with the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria.

Nigeria 1975 Agriculture and Rural Development

Anti-Torture Act, 2017

Ministry of Justice, Nigeria

This Act makes comprehensive provisions for penalizing the acts of torture and other cruel, human and degrading treatment or punishment, and prescribes penalties for the commission of such actions.

Nigeria 2017 Justice

Chartered Institute of Certified Secretaries and Reporters of Nigeria Act, 2015

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This Act establishes the Chartered Institute of Certified Secretaries and Reporters of Nigeria as a statutory body responsible for regulating the practice of the profession of chartered secretaries and reporters. It lays down conditions for the registration of members of the institute, sets up a disciplinary committee and an investigating panel to uphold the ethics of the profession; prescribes penalties for any contravention of its provisions and provides for a governing board that is responsible for policy formulation and implementation. This Act further provides for the appointment of a registrar and assistant registrar for the day-to-day running of the institute.

Nigeria 2015 Democracy and Governance

Evidence Act, 2011 Explanatory Memorandum

Ministry of Justice, Nigeria

This Act repeals the Evidence Act, Cap. E14, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, and enacts a new Evidence Act, 2011 which applies to all judicial proceedings in or before Courts in Nigeria.

Nigeria 2011 Justice

Employee's Compensation Act, 2010 Explanatory Memorandum

Ministry of Labour, Nigeria

This Act repeals the Workmen’s Compensation Act Cap. W6 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and makes comprehensive provisions for payment of compensation to employees who suffer from occupational diseases or sustain injuries arising from an accident at the workplace or in the course of employment.

Nigeria 2010 Labour

Debt Management Bureau (Establishment ETC.) Act, 2011. Explanatory Memorandum

Ministry of Interior Affairs, Nigeria

This Act repeals the Debt Management Office (Establishment) Act No, 18 of 2003 and enacts the Debt management Bureau Act, 2011 responsible for maintaining a reliable database of all loans taken or guaranteed by the Federal, State Governments, Local Governments or any of their agencies.

Nigeria 2011 Finance

Secured Transaction in Movable Assets Act, 2017 Explanatory Memorandum

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This Act provides for secured transactions, registration and regulation of security interests in movable assets. Its objectives are to enhance financial inclusion in Nigeria, stimulate responsible lending to micro, small and medium enterprises, facilitate access to credit secured with movable assets, facilitate perfection of security interests in movable assets and establish a collateral registry and provide for its operations.

Nigeria 2017 Finance

Credit Reporting Act, 2017 Explanatory Memorandum

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This Act provides for the framework for credit reporting, licensing and regulation of credit bureaus. The objectives of this Act are to facilitate and promote access to credit and enhance risk management in a credit transaction, to promote access to accurate, fair and reliable credit information and to protect the privacy of such information, set standards and conditions for the establishment, regulation and operations of credit bureaus.

Nigeria 2017 Finance

Defence Space Administration Act, 2016

Ministry of Defence, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the Defence Space Administration, develop satellite technology, ensure the security of the nation’s cyber activities. Its objectives are to facilitate and implement the defines and security aspect of the national space policy, to provide resilient and affordable space and cyberspace capabilities for the Nigerian military, other security and law enforcement agencies.

Nigeria 2016 Defence and Security

North-East Development Commission (Establishment) Act, 2017 Explanatory Memorandum

Local Government and Community Affairs, Nigeria

This Act establishes the North-East Development Commission responsible for receiving and managing funds allocated by the Federal Government and international donors for the resettlement, rehabilitation, integration and reconstruction of roads, houses and business premises of victims of insurgency. This Act also aims to address the menace of poverty, illiteracy, ecological problems and any other related environmental or development challenges in the North-East States.

Nigeria 2017 Democracy and Governance