NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS ACT

Section 141: Powers of entry and investigation by inspectors.

2003Section 141 of 158Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) The Commission may in writing authorise any of its officials or appoint external inspectors on its behalf to exercise the powers of monitoring and enforcement vested in the Commission under this Act.
(2) The Commission may direct its authorised officials or appointed inspectors to investigate the activities of a licensee or other person material to his compliance with this Act or its subsidiary legislation pursuant to its information-gathering, monitoring, enforcement and other related powers under this Act.
(3) In exercising any of the powers specified in subsection (2) of this section and notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, an authorised official of the Commission or its appointed inspector-
(a) shall on demand produce to the person against whom he is acting, the authority issued to him by the Commission ; and
(b) may at any reasonable time and without prior notice, enter any affected person or licensee's premises and
(i) inspect and make copies of or extracts from books, records, documents or other information storage systems,
(ii) demand the production of and inspect the relevant licence, permit, certifcate of authority;and
(iii) inspect any radio communications station or apparatus or other communications equipment or facilities on the premises.
PROVIDED that the official or appointed inspector shall have in his possession for the purposes of entering any affected person's premises who is not a licensee, a warrant for that purpose obtained from a magistrate or judge prior to the entry into such premises.

Cite this section

Section 141, NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS ACT (2003).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/nigerian-communications-act/section/141/