Section 1: Establishment of Nigerian Institute of Public Relations.

(1) There is hereby established a body to be known as the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (hereafter in this Act referred to as "the Institute") which shall be a body corporate under that name and be charged with the general duty of-
(a) determining what standards of knowledge and skill are to be attained by persons seeking to become registered members of the public relations profession and reviewing those standards, from time to time, as circumstances may permit ;
(b) securing, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the establishment and maintenance of register of fellows, members and associates of the profession and of public relations practitioners and the publication, from time to time, of lists of those persons ; and
(c) performing, through the Council established under section 4 of this Act, the functions conferred on it by this Act.
(2) The Institute shall have perpetual succession and a common seal which shall be kept in such custody as the Council may, from time to time, authorise.
(3) The Institute may sue and be sued in its corporate name and may, subject to the Land Use Act 1978, hold, acquire and dispose of any property, movable or immovable