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Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
(First A Iteration) A ct
"(1) There shall be established for each State of the Federation and the
Federal Capital Territory one or more election tribunals to be known as the
National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunals which shall, to the
exclusion of any Court or Tribunal, have original jurisdiction to hear and determine
petitions as to whether—
(a) any person has been validly elected as a member of the National
Assembly ; and
(b) any person has been validly elected as member of the House of
Assembly of a State" ;
(b) by deleting subsection (2) ;
(c) in subsection (3), lines 1 and 2 by substituting for the words "National
Assembly, Governorship and Legislative Houses Election Tribunals" , the
words, "National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunals" ;
(d) in subsection (4), line 2 by substituting for the word, "two", the word,
"one" ;
(e) by inserting new subsections "(5)"-"(8)"—
"(5) An election petition shall be filed within 21 days after the date of the
declaration of result of the elections.
(6) An election tribunal shall deliver its judgment in writing within 180
days from the date of the filing of the petition.
(7) An appeal from a decision of an election tribunal or court shall be heard
and disposed of within 60 days from the date of the delivery of judgment of the
tribunal.
(8) The Court in all appeals from election tribunal may adopt the practice
oi first giving its decision and reserving the reasons therefore to a later date."
Citation.
3 0 . This Act may be cited as the Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria (First Alteration) Act, 2010.
SECOND
SCHEDULE
Part I, Item 56 of the Second Schedule to the Constitution is altered by
inserting before the word "Regulation" the words, "Formation and".
THIRD
SCHEDULE
Item (F) of the Third Schedule to the Constitution is altered—
(a) by substituting for paragraph 14, a new paragraph "14"—
"14 (1) The Independent National Electoral Commission shall comprise
the following members—
(a) a Chairman, who shall be the Chief Electoral Commissioner ; and
(b) twelve other members to be known as N a t i o n a l Electoral
Commissioners.