Section 7: Port operations.

(1) Touting is prohibited in any port in Nigeria.
(2) Staff on duty shall be properly identified by uniform and official identity cards.
(3) Staff off duty shall stay away from the ports except with the express approval of the head of the MDA.
(4) The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Aviation Security (AVSEC) and Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) security shall ensure compliance with the provisions of this section.
(5) A non-official staff shall not be allowed into the secured areas of any of the ports in Nigeria.
(6) An official of the FAAN, Nigerian Immigration Service, a security agency, Ministry responsible for foreign affairs or MDA shall not be permitted to meet a non-designated dignitary at a secured area of the airport.
(7) The official approved list of dignitaries that have been pre-approved to be received by protocol officers shall be made available to AVSEC and other relevant agencies ahead of the arrival of such dignitaries at the airport.
(8) Any official who solicits or receives bribe from a passenger or other users of the port shall be -
(a) removed from his duty post;
(b) subject to disciplinary measures; and
(c) liable to a criminal proceeding in accordance with extant laws and regulations.
(9) All relevant MDAs at the airports shall within 30 days of the commencement of this Act, merge their respective departure and arrival interfaces into a single customer interface.
(10) All agencies present in Nigerian ports shall, within 60 days from the commencement of this Act, harmonise their operations into one single interface station domiciled in one location in the port and implemented by a single joint task force at all times, without prejudice to necessary procedures which may be utilised at the backend.
(11) The new single interface station at each Nigerian port shall capture, track and record information on all goods arriving and departing from Nigeria and transmit captured information to the head of the relevant offices and the head of the National Bureau of Statistics on a weekly basis.
(12) Each port in Nigeria shall assign an existing export terminal dedicated to the exportation of agricultural produce, within 30 days of commencement of this Act.
(13) A port shall, within 30 days of commencement of this Act, maintain a 24-hour operation, or such other periods of operation to be determined by the relevant MDA.
(14) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (1), commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of at least N1,000,000 or imprisonment for a term of at least six months or both.
(15) A person who violates the provisions of subsections (2), (3), (5) and (6), is liable to administrative penalties as may be prescribed in a regulation issued by the relevant MDAs.