Section 1: Establishment of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria, etc.

There is hereby established for advertising practitioners a body to be known as the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (in this Act referred to as "the Council") which shall be charged with the general duty of-(a) determining who are advertising practitioners;
(b) determining what standards of knowledge and skill are to be attained by persons seeking to become registered as members of the advertising profession and reviewing those standards from time to time;
(c) securing in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the establishment and maintenance of a register of persons entitled to practise as advertising practitioners and the publication, from time to time, of lists of those persons;
(d) regulating and controlling the practice of advertising subject to the approval of the Minister of Health, where the advertisement relates to matters of foods, cosmetics, beverages and drugs;
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(e) conducting examinations in the profession and awarding certificates or diplomas to successful candidates as and when appropriate and for such purpose the Council shall prescribe fees to be paid in respect thereof;
(f) performing the other functions conferred on the Council by this Act.