NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (ESTABLISHMENT) ACT
Section 32: Legal Proceedings.
(1) A suit shall not be commenced against the Agency before the expiration of a period of one month, after written notice of intention to commence the suit shall have been served on the Agency by the intending plaintiff or his agent and the notice shall clearly state the:
(a) cause of action;
(b) particulars of the claim
(c) name and place of abode of the intending plaintiff; and
(d) relief which he claims.
(2) The notice referred to in subsection (1) of this section and any summons, notice or other document required or authorized to be served on the Agency under the provisions of this Act or any other enactment or law may be served by-
(a) delivering the same to the office of the Director-General; or
(b) sending it by registered post addressed to the Director-General at the Head Office of the Agency.
(3)
Subject to the provisions of section 174 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, (which relates to the power of the Attorney-General of the Federation to institute, continue or discontinue criminal proceedings against any person in a court of law), any officer of the Agency may, with the consent of the Attorney-General of the Federation, conduct criminal proceedings in respect of offences under this Act or regulations made under this Act.
(4) In a judicial proceeding for an offence under this Act or any regulation made under it, the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Act or depending on the venue, the Criminal Procedure Code shall, with such modification as the circumstance may require, apply in respect of such matter to the same extent as they apply to the trial offences generally.
Cite this section
Section 32, 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/32/