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Suits for penalties.
All actions for recovery of revenue, penalties and forfeitures, and also all actions against public
officers, shall be commenced and tried in the Judicial Division of the Court in which the cause
of action arose.
Suits upon contract.
All suits for specific performance or upon the breach of any contract shall be commenced in the
Judicial Division of the Court in which the contract is supposed to have been performed or in
which the defendant resides or carries on substantial part of his business.
Suits relating to Customs, Excise, Tariff etc.
All suits and actions relating to the Customs, Excise, Tariff, etc. shall be commenced and
determined in the jurisdiction of the Judicial Division in which the breach of the law, or contract
took place or the port or border where the breach took place.
Suits relating to foreign trade.
All suits and actions in respect of diplomatic, consular or foreign trade representation shall
be commenced and determined in the Judicial Division in which the diplomatic, consular or
foreign trade is carried out.
Suits relating to passport, immigration, etc.
All suits and actions in respect of citizenship, naturalization and aliens, repatriation of persons who
are not citizens of Nigeria, passports and visas shall be commenced and determined in the
Judicial Division in which the persons reside.
Suits relating to copyright.
All suits and actions relating to copyright, patents, designs, trademarks and merchandise marks shall
be commenced and determined in the Judicial Division in which the defendant resides or
where the alleged passing off or infringement takes place.
Other Suits.
All other suits shall be commenced and determined in the Judicial Division in which the defendant
resides or carries on substantial part of his business or in which the cause of action arose.
Judicial Division of Court in which suit may commenced
2.
If there are more defendants than one resident in different judicial Divisions, the suit may be
commenced in any one of those Judicial Divisions, subject, however, to any order which the Court
may, upon the application of any of the parties, or on its own motion, think fit to make with a
view to the most convenient arrangement for the trial of the suit.
Suits commence in wrong Judicial Division.
3.
Where a suit is commenced in any other Judicial Division of the Court than that in which it
ought to have been commenced, it may, notwithstanding, be tried in the Judicial Division in which it
has been commenced, unless the Court otherwise directs or the defendant pleads specially in
objection to the jurisdiction before or at the time when he is required to state his answer or to
plead in the cause.