ADVERTISING REGULATORY COUNCIL OF NIGERIA ACT, 2022
Section 50: Establishment of the Disciplinary Committee.
(1) There is established the Advertising Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (in this Act referred to as “the Disciplinary Committee”) which is charged with the responsibility of considering and determining any case referred to it by the Investigating Panel.
(2) The Disciplinary Committee is made up of five members and is composed of-
(a) a Chairman who shall be an advertising and marketing communications practitioner of at least 15 years with cognate experience ;
(b) other members of the Disciplinary Committee who shall be
representative of the relevant advertising and marketing communications industry, and whose composition shall at any given case put into consideration the area of advertising practice involved ; and
(c) an assessor, to be appointed by the Council, who shall be a legal practitioners with at least 10 years experience and possess sufficient knowledge in advertising, advertisement and marketing communications matters.
(4) The Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee may constitute a panel of any three from its membership whenever he deems it necessary for the purpose of exercising the jurisdiction vested in the Disciplinary Committee by this Act or any other Act provided that -
(a) a member presiding as Chairman of any Disciplinary Committee shall be a licensed advertising, advertisement and marketing communications practitioner ; and
(b) for the purpose of this Act, the sitting of any of such Disciplinary Committee shall be deemed a constitution of the Disciplinary Committee.
(5) Second Schedule.
The provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act shall, in so far as is applicable to the Disciplinary Committee, have effect with respect to it.
Cite this section
Section 50, ADVERTISING REGULATORY COUNCIL OF NIGERIA ACT, 2022 (2022).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/advertising-regulatory-council-of-nigeria-act-2022/section/50/