Section 50: Application of Certain Conventions.

(1) The provisions of the Convention on the International Recognition of Rights in Aircraft (Geneva Convention), 1948, shall from the commencement of this Act have the force of law in Nigeria subject to the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999. [Cap C23, LFN, 2004.]
(2) The provisions of the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment 2001 and the Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment 2001 (The Cape Town Convention and Protocol), shall from the commencement of this Act, have the force of law in Nigeria subject to the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999.
(3) The provisions of the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed On Board Aircraft signed at Tokyo on 14th September, 1963 and any amendment thereto shall from the commencement of this Act have the force of law in Nigeria subject to the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999.
(4) The provisions of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, signed at the Hague on 16th December, 1970, shall from the commencement of this Act, have the force of law in Nigeria subject to the
provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999.
(5) The provisions of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation, signed at Montreal on 23rd December, 1971, shall from the commencement of this Act have the force of law in Nigeria, subject to the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999.
(6) The Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection, signed at Montreal on 1st March, 1991, shall from the commencement of this Act have force of law in Nigeria, subject to the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999.
(7) The Minister shall have power to make the declarations required or permitted to be made under the Conventions, Treaties or Protocols referred to under subsections (1)-(6).