Section 1: ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OF NIGERIA

(1) There is established the Chartered Institute of Local Government and Public Administration of Nigeria (in this Act, referred to as "the Institute").
(2) The Institute-
(a) shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal;
(b) may acquire, hold and dispose of moveable and immovable property; and
(c) may sue or be sued in its corporate name.