Section 1: Enactment and enforcement of the provisions of the Scheme on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters.

(1) As from the commencement of this Act, the provisions of the Scheme for Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters within the Commonwealth as are set out in this Act shall have the force of law in Nigeria and shall be given full recognition and effect and be applied by all authorities and persons exercising legislative, executive or judicial powers in Nigeria.
(2) This Act shall apply to every separate country within the Commonwealth.
(3) For the purposes of this Act, each of the following areas shall be treated as a separate country, that is to say-
(a) each sovereign and independent country within the Commonwealth together with any dependent territories which that country designates; and
(b) each country within the Commonwealth which though not sovereign and independent, is not designated for the purposes of paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(4) An order under subsection (3) (a) of this section designating a dependent country as forming part of a sovereign and independent country shall be made if, but only if, the dependent country has signified to the Government of the Federation that it desires that its territory be designated as part of the independent country, for the purposes of this Act.
(5) If it appears to the President that the law of a country to which this Act applies by virtue of subsection (3) of this section contains provisions substantially equivalent to the provisions of this Act, the President may by order published in the Gazette direct that this Act shall apply in relation to that country with such modifications (whether by way of addition, alteration or omission) as may be specified in the order, and where an order under this section is in force in relation to a country, this Act shall have effect in relation to that country with the modification specified in the order.
(6)
Every order made under subsection (5) of this section applying this Act to a country shall include a provision inserting in the Schedule to this Act an entry consisting of the name of that country and the year and number of the statutory instrument containing the order and where any such order is varied or revoked, the varying or revoking order shall include a provision deleting the relevant entry in that Schedule, as the case may require.
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