Section 477: Interpretation under this part

(1) In this part "corporation" means anybody corporate, incorporated in Nigeria or elsewhere.
(2) In this part "representative" in relation to a corporation means a person duly appointed by the corporation to represent it for the purpose of doing any act or thing which the representative of a corporation is by this part authorised to do, but a person so appointed shall not by virtue only of being so appointed, be qualified to act on behalf of the corporation before any court for any other purpose.
(3) A representative for the purposes of this part need not be appointed under the seal of the corporation, and a statement in writing purporting to be signed by a managing director of the corporation, or by any person (by whatever name called) having, or being one of the persons having, the management of the affairs of the corporation, to the effect that the person named in the statement has been appointed as the representative of the corporation for the purposes of this part, shall be admissible without further proof as prima facie evidence that the person has been so appointed.