NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (ESTABLISHMENT) ACT
Section 22: Noise.
(1) The Agency shall, on the commencement of this Act, in consultation with appropriate authorities:
(a) identify major noise sources, noise criteria and noise control technology; and
(b) make regulations on noise, emission, control, abatement, as may be necessary to preserve and maintain public health and welfare.
(2) The Agency shall enforce compliance with existing regulations and recommend programmes to control noise originating from industrial, commercial, domestic, sports, recreational, transportation or other similar activities.
(3) A person who violates the Regulations made pursuant to sub-section (1) of this section commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding N50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment and an additional fine of N5,000 for every day the offence subsists.
(4) Where an offence under subsection (3) of this section is committed by a body corporate, it shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding N500,000 and an additional fine of N10,000 for every day the offence subsists.
Cite this section
Section 22, NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (ESTABLISHMENT) ACT (2007).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/national-environmental-standards-and-regulations-enforcement-agency-establishment-act/section/22/