Section 1: Establishment of the Nigerian Mining Engineers and Geoscientists council, etc

(1)
There is hereby established, for the purposes of regulating the standard of practice of mining engineers and geoscientists, a body to be known as the Council of Nigerian Mining Engineers and Geoscientists (in this Act referred to as "the Council") which shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
(2) The Council shall be charged with the general duty of-
(a) prescribing and enforcing the minimum standards of education and experience to be obtained by persons qualified to practise as registered mining engineers and geoscientists;
(b) prescribing and enforcing the code of conduct of registered mining engineers and geoscientists ;
(c)
securing in accordance with this Act, the establishment and maintenance of a register of persons entitled to practise as mining engineers and geoscientists and reviewing those standards, from time to time, as circumstances may require;
(d) regulating and controlling the practice of mining engineering and geosciences in all its aspects and ramifications;
(e)
maintaining discipline in the profession in accordance with this Act; and
(f)
performing such other functions which in its opinion are calculated to facilitate the carrying on of its activities under this Act.