Section 47: Deportation order on recommendation by the court.

(1) where a court orders a deportation, the Minister shail comply with such orders requiring the offender to leave Nigeria and prohibiting him from returning to Nigeria as long as the order is in force.
(2) subject to the provisions of this Act, an order under this section shall not be made in pursuance of a recommendation for deportation, unless-
(a) the time for bringing an appeal against the recommendation, or against conviction upon which it was made, has expired without such an appeal having been brought;
(b) such an appeal has been brought and abandoned or finally determined otherwise than by the quashing of the recommendation or the conviction ; or
(c) the recommendation was upheld on appeal and no further appeal lies.
(3) The Minister may, if he thinks fit, revoke a deportation order at any time, whether before or after the person to whom it relates has left or been removed from Nigeria, but the revocation of a deportation order shall not affect the validity of anything previously done.