TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (PROHIBITION) ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION ACT. NO. 4

Section 81: Transitional Provisions.

2015Section 81 of 83Federal Republic of Nigeria

1 Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Executive Secretary of the Agency established under the repealed Act is deemed to have been transferred to the Agency established under this Act under the same conditions as Director-General.
2 Any person who immediately before the commencement of this Act was a staff of the Agency established under the repealed Act shall continue in office and be deemed to have been appointed under this Act for purposes of pension.
3 Properties held immediately before the commencement date of this Act on behalf of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons shall, by virtue of this Act, be vested in the Agency established under this Act.
4 The Agency established in section 2 of this Act shall be subject to all the obligations, and liabilities to which the former National Agency for the prohibition of Traffic in Persons was subject immediately before the commencement of this Act and all other persons shall have the same rights, powers and remedies against the Agency established by this Act as they had against the Agency Immediately the commencement of this Act.
5 Any proceeding or cause of action pending or existing immediately before the commencement of this Act by or against the Agency established under the repealed Act in respect of any right, interest, obligation or liability of the Agency may be continued or commenced, as the case may be, and any determination of a court of law, tribunal or other commission or person may be enforced by or against the Agency established by this Act to the same extent that such proceeding, cause of action or determination might have been continued, commenced or enforced by or against the Agency as if this Act had not been made.
6 As from the commencement of this Act, any disciplinary proceeding pending or existing against any employee of the Agency shall be continued and completed by the Agency established under this Act.

Cite this section

Section 81, TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (PROHIBITION) ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION ACT. NO. 4 (2015).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/trafficking-in-persons-prohibition-enforcement-and-administration-act-no-4/section/81/