Section 33: Interpretation.

(1) In this Act-
"biometric information" in relation to a registered individual, means data about such individual's external characteristics, including in particular, the features of an iris or any other part of the eye;
"Board" means the governing board of the Commission;
"card" includes a document or other article, or a combination of a document and an article, in or on which information is or may be recorded;
"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Commission;
"citizen of Nigeria" means a person who is a citizen of Nigeria in accordance with Chapter III of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999;
"Commission" means the National Identity Management Commission;
"Database" means the National Identity Database established pursuant to section 14 of this Act;
"enactment" includes any law enacted by the National Assembly or House of Assembly of any State in Nigeria;
"fingerprint" in relation to a registered individual, means record (in any form and produced by any method) of the skin pattern and other physical characteristics or features of any of the individual's fingertips;
"member" means a member of the National Identity Management Commission;
"Minister" means the Minister of Internal Affairs, or such other Minister as may be designated by the President;
"Multi-purpose Identity Card" means the identity card issued to registered persons pursuant to section 18 of this Act;
"National Identification Number" means the National Identification Number assigned to registered persons pursuant to section 19 of this Act;
"passport" shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in the Immigration Act;
"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made by the Commission or determined in accordance with such regulations by the prescribed person;
"President" means the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;
"registered individual" means any person in respect of which an entry has been made in the Database; and
"registered information" means, in relation to any registered individual, the information and data, including biometric information entered into the Database in respect of the individual.
(2) References in this Act to a registered individual confirming the contents of the entries related to such registered individuals in the Database are, references to his confirming the entry to the extent only that it consists of information falling within paragraphs 1 to 5 of the Second Schedule.
(3) References in this Act to the issue of a document or card include references to its renewal, replacement or re-issue (with or without modifications).
(4) References in this Act to providing a person with information recorded in a registered individual's entry in the Database include references to confirming or otherwise disclosing to such person that:
(a) the information is recorded in that entry; or
(b) the particular information is not recorded in that entry.