Section 3: Presentations of Bills for assent

(1)
The Schedule and copies of the Bills shall be presented to the President in duplicate, and if the President is satisfied, he shall cause the Schedule to be passed under the public seal of the Federation after affixing his signature to the Schedule; and unless otherwise prescribed, an Act shall come into operation on the date when the Schedule was assented to by the President.
[L.N. 139 of 1965.]
(2)
A duplicate of the Schedule when passed and signed shall be returned to the Clerk of the National Assembly who shall cause a copy to be published in the Federal Gazette; and the production of a copy of the Federal Gazette containing the Schedule as published shall be conclusive evidence for all purposes.