COURT OF APPEAL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2005

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[EDITOR’S NOTE: The principal Act has been amended by the Court of Appeal (Amendment) Act, 1993; which changed the number of justices from forty one to fifty; the Court of Appeal (Amendment) Act, 2005 which further increased the number to seventy;  and the Court of Appeal (Amendment) Act 2013 which again increased the  Court’s judge membership to 90]

COURT OF APPEAL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2005

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

This Act amends the Court of Appeal Act Cap. C36 1993, No 65 LFN. 2004, to increase the number of Justices of the Court of Appeal from fifty to seventy.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1. Amendment of Cap. C 36, 1993, No 65 LFN, 2004
2. Short Title

CITATION

An Act to amend the Court of Appeal Act Chapter C36 1993, No. 65 LFN, 2004 and for related matters.

ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria:

Amendment of Cap. C 36, 1993, No 65 LFN, 2004

1. The Court of Appeal Act, as amended, is hereby further amended in section 1 by substituting therefore the following new section:

“1     The number of Justices of the Court of Appeal including the President of that Court shall be seventy.”

Short Title

2. This Act may be cited as the Court of Appeal (Amendment) Act, 2005.

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