Section 28: Temporary registration of a person not a citizen of Nigeria.

(1) Where a person satisfies the Council :
(a) that he has been selected for employment for a specified period in a capacity in which a person registered as a printing professional under this Act is qualified to be employed and that he is or intends to be in Nigeria temporarily for the purpose of serving for that period in the employment in question; and
(b) that he has passed examination necessary for obtaining some qualification granted outside Nigeria which is for the time being accepted by the Council as in respects to the capacity in which if employed he is to serve the Council may, if it thinks fit, give a direction that he shall be temporarily registered as a Printing Professional.
(2)
The temporary registration of a person shall continue only while he is in such employment be it private or government as is mentioned in subsection (1) (a) of this section and shall cease at the end of the period of the employment specified to the Council under that subsection or on the prior determination of the employment, whichever first occurs. Provided that nothing in this subsection shall preclude the Council from giving a further direction under subsection (1) of this section in respect of a specified period of another such employment.
(3) A person who is temporarily registered shall in relation to this employment as mentioned in subsection (1) (a) of this section; and to things done or omitted to be done in the course of that employment, be deemed to be fully registered, but in relation to all other matters he shall be treated as not so registered.
(4) In case of doubt as to whether a person's employment has been terminated, the decision of the Council shall be conclusive for the purpose of subsection (2) of this section.
(5) The Registrar, as directed from time to time by the Council, shall remove from the Register the name of any person ceasing to be entitled to the benefit of this section.