NATIONAL LOTTERY ACT

Section 50: Limitation of suits against the Commission, etc.

2005Section 50 of 58Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the provisions of the Public Officers Protection Act shall apply in relation to any suit instituted against any member or officer or employee of the Commission or the Trust Fund.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law or enactment, no suit against a member of the Board or Board of Trustees, the Director-General of the Commission or the Secretary of the Trust Fund or any other officer or employee of the Commission or Trust Fund for any act done in pursuance or execution of this Act or any other law or enactment, or of any public duties or authority or in respect of any alleged neglect or default in the execution of this Act or any other law or enactment, duties or authority, shall lie or be instituted in any court unless it is commenced-
(a) within three months next after the act, neglect or default complained of; or
(b) in the case of a continuation of damage or injury, within six months next after the ceasing thereof.
(3) No suit shall be commenced against a member of the Board, the Board of Trustees, the Director-General of the Commission, the Secretary of the Trust Fund or any other officer or employee of the Commission or the Trust Fund before the expiration of a period of one month after written notice of the intention to commence the suit shall have been served on the Commission or the Trust Fund by the intending plaintiff or his agent.
(4) The notice referred to in subsection (3) of this section shall clearly and explicitly state-
(a) the cause of action;
(b) the particulars of the claim;
(c) the name and place of abode of the intending plaintiff; and
(d) the relief which he claims.

Cite this section

Section 50, NATIONAL LOTTERY ACT (2005).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/national-lottery-act/section/50/