Section 7: References by states.

(1) Notwithstanding section 5 (1) of this Act, the Commission shall have power to consider proposals for reform of State laws from any State, group of States or all the States in the Federation and submit reports thereon to the appropriate Attorney-General or Attorneys-General.
(2) The Commission may, from time to time, whether in pursuance of subsection (1) of this section or on its own initiative, consider or put forward proposals for the consideration of the States' Attorneys-General, or such number of them as may be appropriate in the circumstances, for uniformity between the laws of the States or, as the case may require, the group of States concerned.
(3) The expenses involved in any references pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be borne by the Governments of the State concerned or, as the case may be, the Governments of the States concerned.
(4) The provisions of sections 5 and 6 of this Act shall apply with all necessary modifications to any reference made under this section and, accordingly, references therein to the Attorney-General of the Federation shall be read as if they were references to the Attorney-General of a State and references to the President shall be read as if they were references to the Governor of a State.
(5) In this section, "State laws" include any law which is not a Federal law as defined in section 5 (8) of this Act.