Section 19: Acceptance of Scheme and notification.

(1) Immediately after the commencement of this Act, the appropriate authority shall, through the diplomatic channel, notify the Commonwealth Secretary-General that the provisions of the Commonwealth Scheme for the Transfer of Convicted Offenders has come into force in Nigeria.
(2) Accordingly, the President may, by order published in the Federal Gazette, designate a person or authority as the proper channel for communication under this Act.
(3) Accordingly, the appropriate authority shall inform the Commonwealth Secretary-General of the person or authority designated under subsection (2) of this section as the proper channel for communication under this Act.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, the "appropriate authority" shall be the Minister of Foreign Affairs.