Section 1: Establishment of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.

(1) There is established the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (in this Act referred to as "the Corps)", which shall consist of such number of volunteers and regular members as may, from time to time, be recruited under the provisions of this Act.
(2) The Corps-
(a) shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal ;
(b) may sue and be sued in its corporate name; and
(c) shall have its headquarters in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja