NATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO CENSORS BOARD ACT

Section 24: Power of the police or an employee of the Board etc., to enter premises

1993Section 24 of 67Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) A police officer or any officer appointed for that purpose by the Board may at any reasonable time enter any premises, whether licensed or not, in which he has reason to believe that a film or video exhibition as aforesaid is being or is about to be exhibited with a view to seeing whether the provisions of this Act or any regulations made there under and the conditions of any licence granted under this Act have been complied with.
(2) An authorized officer of the Federal or State Fire Service may, on giving not less than 24 hours notice to the holder of a licence in respect of a premise enter and inspect the premises for the purpose of ensuring that there are adequate fire precautions and that the relevant provisions of this Act, so far as they relate to fire precautions, are being complied with.
(3) Where an authorized member of the police force, the Board or the fire service, enters any premises in the exercise of any power under this Act he shall, if required to do so by the occupier of a premises, produce to the occupier an authenticated formal authority to inspect.
(4) Any person who intentionally obstructs the exercise of any power conferred by this section is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of N2,500 or to imprisonment for a term of three months.

Cite this section

Section 24, NATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO CENSORS BOARD ACT (1993).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/national-film-and-video-censors-board-act/section/24/