OIL PIPELINES ACT

Section 15: Restrictions upon entry ,e.t.c., in respect of venerated land.

1956Section 15 of 34Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) A licence shall not authorise any person to enter upon, take possession of or use any of the following lands unless the owners or occupiers or the persons in charge thereof have given their prior assent -
(a) any land occupied by any burial ground or cemetery;
(b) any land containing any grave, grotto, area, tree or thing held to be sacred or the object of veneration.
(2) If any doubt shall arise whether any lands fall within those described in this section, or who the owners or occupiers or persons in charge thereof are, the decision of the High Court shall be final.

Cite this section

Section 15, OIL PIPELINES ACT (1956).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/oil-pipelines-act/section/15/