Section 19: Regulations

(1) The Secretary to the Federal Government may make regulations prescribing all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed or which, in the opinion of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for the better carrying out or giving full effect to the provisions of this Act.
(2) Regulations made under subsection (1) of this section, may provide for-
(a) the assignments to the Eligibility Committee of functions relating to the investigation, inspection and supervision of the reception, treatment and welfare of refugees;
(b) the appointment of additional committee and the assignment to such committees of functions to be exercised, subject to the direction and control of the Federal Commissioner or the Eligibility Committee, in relation to the reception, treatment and welfare of refugees;
(c)
the procedure at meetings of the Eligibility Committee and of additional committees, referred to in paragraph (b) of this subsection, including the participation at such meetings of the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Nigeria;
(d) the procedure for the consideration of application for the grant of refugee status and the form in which such applications shall be made;
(e) the manner and form in which appeals may be made to the Board or the Secretary to the Federal Government under sections 8 and 13 of this Act;
(f) the issuance of identification documents to persons who have applied for grant of refugee status, and to members of their families;
(g)
the form and issuance of identification and travel documents to refugees and to members of their families
(h) the form of any order or notice required to be served on any person under sections 12 or 13 of this Act and the manner in which such order or notice may be served;
(i)
persons who are detained after appealing unsuccessfully under section 8 of this Act or who are detained under section 16 of this Act, the opportunity to travel to another country of their choice:
Provided that the Secretary to the Government of the Federation shall not make regulations for such a purpose, except with the approval of the Minister, to whom the administration of the Prisons Act has been assigned;
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(j) requiring employers, when considering applications for employment made by persons who are not citizens of Nigeria, to give preference to applicants who are refugees;
(k) co-operation and consultation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees concerning applicants for refugee status;
(l) the making of representations by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in relation to any person for the purposes of this Act and the services and assistance that may be rendered by the High Commissioner for or on behalf of any person for the purposes of this Act;
(m) the form and manner in which effect shall be given to Article 35 of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of the 28th July, 1951 and Article II of the 1967 Protocol to that convention.
(3) Regulations made under subsection (1) of this section may prescribe penalties for contraventions thereof, but, no such penalty shall exceed a fine of N500 or imprisonment for a term of six months or both such fine and such imprisonment.