STATE GOVERNMENT (BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS) ACT

Section 12: Mode of exercising legislative power of State.

1991Section 12 of 144Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) The power of the House of Assembly of a State to make laws shall be exercised by bills passed by the House of Assembly and, except as otherwise provided by this section, assented to by the Governor of the State.
(2) A bill shall not become Law unless it has been duly passsed and subject to subsection (1) of this section, assented to in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(3) Where a bill has been passed by the House of Assembly it shall be presented to the Governor for assent.
(4) Where a bill is presented to the Governor for assent, he shall within 30 days thereof signify that he assents or that he withholds assent.
(5) Where the Governor withholds assent and the bill is again passed by the House of Assembly by two-thirds majority, the bill shall become Law and the assent of the Governor shall not be required.

Cite this section

Section 12, STATE GOVERNMENT (BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS) ACT (1991).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/state-government-basic-constitutional-and-transition-provisions-act/section/12/