NATIONAL ELECTRIC POWER AUTHORITY ACT

Section 42: Regulation of public access to Authority's premises.

1972Section 42 of 45Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1)
The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make bye-laws-
(a) prohibiting or restricting the access of members of the public or of any class of members of the public to any premises vested in, occupied by or under the control of the Authority;
(b) regulating the hours during which the means whereby the purposes for which and the conditions subject to which members of the public or any class of members of the public may have access to or egress from any such premises or portion thereof;
(c) for ensuring the maintenance of good order and discipline amongst members of the public at any time when upon any such premises;
(d) prohibiting or restricting the use to which land over, underneath or near which electric or transmission lines run, and for preventing the unauthorised or improper use of or the wilful or negligent occasioning of injury to any property owned, vested in, occupied by or under the control of the Authority.
(2) Bye-laws made under the provisions of this section shall not come into force until they have been approved by the Minister and published in such manner as he shall direct, or until such later date as may be specified in the bye-laws.
(3) Bye-laws made under this section may provide that for the contravention of such bye-laws there may be imposed on the conviction of any person for any such contravention, a fine not exceeding ten naira or in default of payment thereof, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month.
(4) For the purposes of this section, members of the Board, officers and servants of the Authority, shall not be deemed to be members of the public.
(5) In this section, "premises" includes lands, plants and ancillary work.

Cite this section

Section 42, NATIONAL ELECTRIC POWER AUTHORITY ACT (1972).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/national-electric-power-authority-act/section/42/