PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS MANAGEMENT BOARD ACT

Section 15: Bye-laws regulating behaviour of the public

1979Section 15 of 20Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) The Board may, with the approval of the Minister make bye-laws-
(a) as to the access of members of the public either generally or of a particular class, to premises under the control of the Board and as to the orderly conduct of the members of the public on those premises; and
(b) for safeguarding any property belonging to or controlled by the Board from damage by members of the public.
(2) Bye-laws under this section shall not come into force until they are confirmed (with or without modification) by the Minister and published in such manner as he may direct.
(3) Bye-laws made under this section may provide that a breach of the bye-laws or of a particular provision of the bye-laws shall be punishable by a fine (not exceeding N 10) and in default of payment of the fine by imprisonment for such a term as may be so specified, not exceeding seven days.
(4) Bye-laws under this section shall not apply to any member of the Board and shall not, in their application to a particular institution, apply to an officer or servant of the Board employed in connection with the institution or to a student at the institution.

Cite this section

Section 15, PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS MANAGEMENT BOARD ACT (1979).

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