SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF NIGERIA ACT

Section 21: Limitations of suits Against the Agency, etc.

2003Section 21 of 29Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the provisions of the Public Officers Protection Act shall apply in relation to any suit instituted against any officer or employee of the Agency.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other enactment, the suit against a member of the Board or the Director-General or any other officer or employee of the Agency for any act done in pursuance or execution of this Act or any other enactment or law, or of any public duty or authority in respect of any alleged neglect or default in the execution of this Act, shall lie or be instituted in any court unless it is commenced:
(a) within three months next after the act, neglect or default complained of; or
(b) in the case of a continuation of damage or injury, within six months next after the ceasing thereof.
(3) No suit shall be commenced against a member of the Board or the Director-General or any other officer or employee of the Agency before the expiration of a period of one month after written notice of the intention to commence the suit shall have been served on the Agency by the intending plaintiff or his agent.
(4) The notice referred to in subsection (3) of this section shall clearly and explicitly state the cause, the particulars of the claim, the name and place of abode of the intending plaintiff and the relief which he claims.

Cite this section

Section 21, SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF NIGERIA ACT (2003).

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