SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ACT

Section 7: Bye-laws.

1959Section 7 of 25Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) The board of an institute may, with the approval of the Minister, make bye-laws for the control and management of the property and premises vested in or in the possession of the board and the maintenance of good order therein and, in particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, bye-laws so made may provide for all or any of the following purposes-
(a) controlling the keeping of livestock;
(b) for the seizing and impounding of stray animals and for the recovery of expenses incurred in connection therewith;
(c) for the management and control of pounds and prescribing the powers and duties of pound masters;
(d) for the sale of impounded animals and for the disposal of the proceeds of such sale;
(e) regulating the traffic on any street;
(f) regulating the use by the public of any recreation ground or open space;
(g) regulating the growing of crops;
(h) regulating the installation and operation of sewage systems and soil drainage systems;
(i) for the maintenance of public health;
(j) for the prevention of fires;
(k) prohibiting or regulating the hawking of wares or the erection of stalls on or near any street.
(2) Bye-laws made under this section may provide that a breach of any specified bye-law shall be an offence and may prescribe as a penalty therefor a fine not exceeding one hundred naira.

Cite this section

Section 7, SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ACT (1959).

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