Section 8: Fees, etc., for pilgrimages to be fixed by the Commission

(1) The Commission shall consult with all persons likely in the opinion of the chairman to be of assistance, and without prejudice to the requirement for consultation, the Commission shall be the sole authority to arrange transport from camps established by it in Nigeria to the place of arrival in the country of the pilgrimage outside Nigeria and thereafter from the place of departure in that country for the purpose of return to Nigeria after a pilgrimage.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, the Commission shall fix the cost of the return fare for any individual undertaking a pilgrimage and when so fixed the Commission shall give public notice of the overall charge to agencies and other persons as it thinks expedient or necessary.
(3) Any cost fixed pursuant to subsection (2) of this section shall include--
(a) return fares as respects transport to and from the place of arrival in the country of the pilgrimage outside Nigeria referred to in subsection (1) of this section which shall be fixed by the carrier;
(b) taxes in the country of the pilgrimage;
(c) where applicable, pilgrims agency commission; and
(d) mutawwif and muzawwvir fees and other fees and charges incidental thereto.
(4) Where the Commission fixes fees under subsection (2) of this section and money is thereafter paid to a pilgrims agency by an intending pilgrim,the agency shall forthwith remit the amount received to the Commission less any commission which the Commission may authorise the agency to deduct (and which the Commission is hereby authorised so to do) as a deduction to be retained by the appropriate agency.
(5) As soon as the Commission has received all pilgrimage fees paid by individuals as prescribed under subsection (2) of this section, the Commission shall pay to persons entitled all the fees and other disbursements.
(6) Failure to pay any money due to the Commission under subsection (4) of this section shall be an offence under this Act.
(7) Any manager or person in control of any agency which failed to pay any money due to the Commission shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and upon conviction by the competent court shall pay a fine equal to double the amount by which the agency is in default or in the alternative shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years .