Section 1: Establishment, duties and members of the Chartered Institute of Statisticians

(1) There is established the Chartered Institute of Statisticians of Nigeria (in this Act referred to as "the Institute").
(2) The Institute -
(a) shall be a body corporate with perpetual a succession and a common seal;
(b) may sue and be sued in its corporate name; and
(c) may acquire, hold and dispose of any property, moveable or immoveable.
(3) The Institute shall be charged with the general duty to -
(a) determine what standards of knowledge and skill are to be attained by persons seeking to become members of the Institute and review those standards;
(b) secure in accordance with the provision of this Act the establishment and maintenance of registers of fellows, associates and Registered Statisticians entitled to practice as Statisticians and the publication of lists of those persons; and
(c) perform any other function conferred on it by this Act.
(4) Subject to the provisions of this Act, members admitted to the Institute shall be —
(a) enrolled as Chartered Statisticians in the category of
(i) Fellows, and
(ii) Associates;
(b) registered as Registered Statisticians, and shall have such status in the Institute accordingly; and
(c) persons accorded by the Council under this Act with the status of Chartered Statisticians and shall be entitled to the use of that name.
(5) A person shall be registered as a Fellow if the person satisfies the Council that for -
(a) five years preceding the date of application, he has been a fit and proper person and has, in addition to being a holder of an approved academic qualification, been in continuous practice as a Statistician or in partnership with other Statisticians; or
(b) the period of at least 10 years immediately preceding the date of application for enrolment, the period of membership of the association, in the discretion of the Council, counting in that behalf, he has been enrolled as associate, or qualified to be so enrolled whether in practice as a Statistician or not and is otherwise a fit and proper person.
(6) A person shall be registered as an Associate if he satisfies the Council that he has passed examinations prescribed or accepted by the Institute and is otherwise a fit and proper person to be enrolled in the register.
(7) Where a person is registered, as the case may be in the Institute, he shall be entitled to the use of such letters after his name as may be authorised by the Council as —
(a) a Fellow;
(b) an Associate; or
(c) a Registered Statistician, and shall, when enrolled or registered, receive a certificate in such form as the Council may approve.