Section 21: Divisions of Court.
(1) The Court shall have and exercise jurisdiction throughout the Federation, and for that purpose the whole area of the Federation shall be divided by the President of the Court into such number of Judicial Divisions, as the President may, from time to time, by instrument published in the Federal Gazette decide, and may, designate any such Judicial Division or part thereof by such name as he thinks fit.
(2) The Court may sit in any judicial Division as the President of the Court may direct, and he may also direct a number of judges to sit in any Judicial Division.
(3) The President of the Court shall determine the distribution of the business before the Court amongst the Judges thereof and may assign any judicial function to any judges or judges or in respect of a particular cause or matter in a Judicial Division.
(4) Subject to this Act, the Rules of Court made pursuant to section 36 of this Act and the directions of the President of the Court, the Court shall be constituted of not less than three judges.
Provided that the Presiding Judge shall be a Judge appointed under Subsection (3) or (4) (a) of section 2 of this Act.
(5) Notwithstanding subsection (4) of this section, the President of the Court may assign a single Judge of the Court to sit and hear interlocutory applications or a preliminary matter in any proceedings brought before or pending in the Court:
Provided that such Judge shall be a Judge appointed under Subsection (3) or (4) (a) of Section 2 of this Act.
Cite this section
Section 21, NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT ACT (2006).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/national-industrial-court-act/section/21/