Section 1: Application of this Act

(1) As from the commencement of this Act, the Board of Management of the teaching hospitals (in this Act referred to as the "Board") controlled by the Government of the Federation and specified in the Schedule to this Act shall be constituted and have the functions and powers set out in the following provisions of this Act.
(2) The President may, from time to time, by order published in the Federal Gazette-
(a) increase, vary or delete the hospitals specified in the Schedule to this Act;
(b) apply the provisions of this Act to other teaching hospitals that may come under the control of the Federal Government.