Section 75: Powers of the Commission to register Political Parties.

(1) Any political association that complies with the provisions of the Constitution and this Act for the purposes of registration shall be registered as a political party:
PROVIDED however, that such application for registration as a political party shall be duly submitted to the Commission not later than 12 months before a general election.
(Cap. C23, LFN, 2004.)
(2) The Commission shall, on receipt of the documents in fulfillment of the conditions stipulated by the Constitution, immediately issue the applicant with a letter of acknowledgement stating that all the necessary documents had been submitted to the Commission.
(3) If the association has not fulfilled all the conditions under this section, the commission shall within 90 days from the receipt of its application notify the association in writing stating the reasons for non-registration.
(4) A political association that meets the conditions stipulated in the Constitution and this Act shall be registered by the Commission as a political party within 60 days from the date of receipt of the application, and if after the 60 days such association is not registered by the Commission, unless the Commission informs the association to the contrary, it shall be deemed to have been registered.
(5) An association, its executive member or principal officers who gives false or misleading information, commit an offence and is liable on conviction, in the case of –
(a) the association to a fine of N5,000,000; and
(b) each executive or principal officer of the association to a fine of N3,000,000 or imprisonment for a term of at least two years or both.
(6) An application for registration as a political party shall not be processed unless there is evidence of payment of administrative fee as may be fixed by the Commission.