Section 5: Qualifying certificates.

A person shall be entitled to have a qualifying certificate issued to him by the Council stating that he is qualified to be called to the Bar if-(a) he is a citizen of Nigeria; and
(b) he has, except where the Council otherwise directs, successfully completed a course of practical training in the Nigerian Law School which (including the time spent in taking the examination at the end but excluding any interval between the conclusion of the examination and the announcement of the results thereof) lasted for a period fixed by the Council as an academic year.
(2)
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, a person may be
entitled to have a qualifying certificate issued to him by the Council stating that he is
qualified to be called to the Bar if-
(a) he is a non-citizen of Nigeria; and
(b) he has, except where the Council otherwise directs, successfully completed a course of practical training in the Nigerian Law School which (including the time spent in taking the examination at the end but excluding any interval between the conclusion of the examination and the announcement of the results thereof) lasted for a period fixed by the Council as an academic year.
[1992 No.8.)