STATE GOVERNMENT (BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS) ACT

Section 119: Conviction for a disqualifying offence to be reported,etc.

1991Section 119 of 144Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) Where a person is convicted of an offence against any of the provisions of this Part of this Act which disqualifies him from being elected as a member of a Legislative House, or to the office of Governor or any elective office or post, the court by which he was convicted shall send to the Independent National Electoral Commission a transcript of the judgment of the conviction and if the person convicted has appealed, the judgment of the appeal.
(2) Any attempt, conspiracy, aiding or abetting of the commission of any offence specified in this Act shall be punishable in the same manner as the principal offence.
(3) Any offence committed under this Part of this Act, shall be triable in a Magistrate's Court of the State concerned.
(4) Any prosecution under this Part of this Act shall be undertaken by the Attorney-General of the State in which the offence was committed.

Cite this section

Section 119, STATE GOVERNMENT (BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS) ACT (1991).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/state-government-basic-constitutional-and-transition-provisions-act/section/119/