LOCAL GOVERNMENT (BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) ACT

Section 69: Conviction of disqualifying offence to be reported, etc.

1989Section 69 of 86Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) Where a person is convicted of an offence against any of the provisions of this Part of this Act which disqualifies him from being elected as a member of a Local Government Council, the court by which he was convicted shall send to the Commission the judgement of the conviction and, if the person convicted has appealed, the judgement of the appeal.
(2) Any attempt or conspiracy to commit any offence specified in this Act shall be punishable in the same manner as the offence.
(3) Any offence committed under this Part of this Act shall be triable in a magistrate's court of the State concerned.
(4) Any prosecution under this Part of this Act shall be undertaken by the Attorney-General of the State in which the offence is committed.

Cite this section

Section 69, LOCAL GOVERNMENT (BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) ACT (1989).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/local-government-basic-constitutional-and-transitional-provisions-act/section/69/