VOICE OF NIGERIA CORPORATION ACT

Section 15: Power to enter on land

1990Section 15 of 31Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) The Corporation shall have power-
(a) to enter on any land for the purpose of erecting, maintaining and inspecting any installations belonging to the Corporation or repairing, altering or removing any such installations and remain there for such reasonable time and execute and do all such works as may be necessary for giving effect to this Act; and
(b) to cut and remove on each side of any proposed or existing installation all such trees and underwood as may interface or are likely to interfere with the construction or proper working of any installation.
(2) Except for the purpose of removing a danger to life or property, nothing in this section shall be construed as authorising the Corporation-
(a) to enter on any land which is a burial ground or cemetery or which contains any grave, grotto, arena, tree or thing held to be sacred or the object of veneration; or
(b) to cut any tree or underwood held to be sacred or the object of veneration, unless the owners, occupiers or the persons in charge thereof give prior assent thereto.
(3) If any doubt arises as to whether any land, tree or underwood falls within the category described in subsection (2) of this section or as to the persons competent to give their assent under the said subsection (2) of this section, the decision of the Minister shall be final for the purposes of this section.

Cite this section

Section 15, VOICE OF NIGERIA CORPORATION ACT (1990).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/voice-of-nigeria-corporation-act/section/15/