SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ACT

Section 4: Incorporation of boards.

1959Section 4 of 25Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) The board of any institute shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
(2) The application of the seal of a board shall be authenticated by two signatures, namely-
(a) the signature of the chairman or some other member of the board authorised by the board to authenticate application of the seal; and
(b) the signature of the director of the institute or officer authorised by the board to act in his place for this purpose.
(3) Any instrument or contract which, if executed or entered into by a person other than a body corporate, would not require to be under seal, may be executed or entered into on behalf of an institute by the chairman or by the director or such other members or servants of the board as may be appointed by the board to act in their place.

Cite this section

Section 4, SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ACT (1959).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/scientific-and-industrial-research-act/section/4/