Section 10: Temporary registration

(1) Where a person satisfies the Board-
(a) that he has been selected for employment for a specific period in a capacity in which a registered person under this Act would normally 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;
(b) that he holds or has passed examinations necessary for obtaining some qualifications granted outside Nigeria which is for the time being accepted by the Board for the purpose of this Act as respects the capacity in which, if employed he is to serve; and
(c) he pays any fees prescribed for registration,
the Board may, if it thinks fit, give a direction that he shall be temporarily registered.
(2) The temporary registration of a person shall continue only while he is in such employment as is mentioned in subsection (1) (a) of this section and shall cease-
(a) on the termination of the period of employment specified to the Board under that subsection; or
(b) on the termination of the said employment before the end of that period,
whichever first occurs.
(3) Nothing in subsection (2) of this section shall preclude the Board from giving a further direction under subsection (1) of this section in respect of a specific period, the commencement of which coincides with the termination of another such period.
(4) A person who is temporarily registered shall, in relation to his employment mentioned under 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 respect of other matters he shall be treated as not so registered.
(5) In case of doubt as to whether a person's employment has been terminated, the decision of the Board shall be conclusive for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section.
(6) The Registrar, as directed, from time to time, by the Board, shall remove from the register the name of any person ceasing to be entitled to the benefit of this section.