Section 7: Establishment of the National Council of the Legion, etc.

(1) There shall be established, for the purposes of the Legion, a National Council in respect of the Federation, a State Council in respect of each State of the Federation, and an Area Council as respects each local government area in a State and the provisions of the Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the constitution of those Councils and the other matters mentioned therein.
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(2)
Subject to the provisions of subsections (3) and (4) of this section, the affairs of the Legion shall be managed by the National Council, and reference to the Legion in this Act shall be construed accordingly and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of this subsection--
(a) anything falling to be done by or to the Legion shall be done by or through the National Council on behalf of the Legion or by or through such other person acting as the representative of the National Council as that Council may, from time to time, determine; and
(b) in particular, any contract or instrument which, if made or executed by a person not being a body corporate, would not be required to be under seal may be made or executed on behalf of the Legion by any person generally or specifically authorised to act in that behalf by the National Council.
(3)
Subject to any directives given by the Minister in pursuance of this Act, the National Council may charge a State Council established by or pursuant to this Act with the performance, in accordance with such conditions as the National Council may specify, of any of the functions of the National Council falling to be performed within the state in question.
(4) Subject to any directives given by the Minister, a State Council may charge any Area Council into which the relevant State is divided in pursuance of the Schedule to this Act with the performance, in accordance with such conditions as the State Council may specify, of any of the functions of the State Council falling to be performed within the area in question.
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(5) If it appears to the Minister that the Council established by this Act has failed to carry out its functions in a proper manner, he may by order provide that all the functions of that Council ,or such of the functions as may be specified by the order, shall be exercisable by the Minister or by such other person as may be specified by the order, to the exclusion of that Council, during such period as may be so specified in the order.
(6) Any order under subsection (5) of this section may require the making of payment to the Minister or the other person aforesaid, out of the fund established in pursuance of
this Act, of such amounts specified by the order as the Minister considers appropriate for the purpose of the function to which the order relates.
(7) The President shall be the Grand-Patron of the Legion and may, from time to time, give directives through the Minister to the National Council on matters relating to the Legion.
(8) The Governors of the States of the Federation shall be the Patrons of the Legion in their respective States, and may, from time to time, give directive to the Ministers on matters relating to the Legion in their States.