Customary Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja (Jurisdiction on Chieftaincy Matters) Act, 2011 (No. 8 of 2007)

1. Subject to section 267 of the Constitution, the Customary Court of Appeal of the Jurisdiction o! ClIstOIlWf.\ cour: lederal Capital Territory Abuja, shall- of" appeal Iu dcicnuin.. LhiL!t<llnc> (a) exercise appellate and supervisory jurisdiction in proceedings where rhc cbl'lIi" subject matter of the claim is 011, or relates to customary law; and (b) have exclusive original jurisdiction in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja to hear and determine dispute on or relating to Chieftaincy matters. 2 Section 12 of the Chiefs (Appointment and Deposition) (Federal Capital Rcpeul o: ~ccliun I ~ o l Territory) Act is repealed. Act J"". X 01 1997

3. In this Act->- "Constitution" means the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999; "Customary Court of Appeal" means the Customary Court of Appeal or the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

4. This Act may be cited as the Customary Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Cuauon Territory Abuja (Jurisdiction on Chieftaincy Matters) Act, 2011. CERTIFY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2 (1) OF THE ACTS UTHKNTICATION ACT, CAP. A2, LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF' NIGERIA 2004, [-JAT THIS IS A TRUE COPY OF THE BILL PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES OF THE L\TIONAL ASSEMBLY. ~. SALISU ABUBAKAR MAlKASUWA, mni CLERK TO TH E NATI ON AL ASSEMBL Y wD ?- DAY OF JUNE, 2011 Matters) Bill, 2011 SHORT TITLE OF LONG TITLE OF THE SUMMARY OF THE DATE PASSED i DATE PASSED L_ I I I THE BILL__ BILL _n:_C~TE~i~I~FTHE ! BY THE SENATE ~;p~!:'sEE~~~~iv~~ !-C~u-st-omary I An Act to confer exclusive i This Bill seeks to increases the i ~---------Ti----------' Court of Appeal 1['original jurisdiction in the!: general appellate jurisdiction of i ]" June. 2011 I 6''''. July. 2010 l of the Federal Federal I Capital Territory, i the Customary Court of Appeal, to I Capital Abuja, on Chieftaincy Matters I confer exclusive original I Territory Abuja on the Customary Court of I jurisdiction on dispute on or I (Jurisdiction on Appeal of the Federal Capital \ arising from chieftaincy matters in \ Chieftaincy Territory, Abuja; and for I the Federal Capital Territory I Matters) Bill, related matters. Abuja on the Court. I! [ I 2011 L-------- .L. \ 11 I. I certify that this Bill has been carefully compared by me with the decision reached by the National Assembly and found by me to be true and correct decision of the Houses and is in accordance with the provisions of the Acts Authentication Act Cap. A2, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004. ~. SALISU ABUBAKAR MAIKASUWA. mni Cler~ to the National Assemblv ). rvI-nay of June, 2011 . // I ASSENT. DR. GO ~TCK EBELE ,IONA THAN, GCFR President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 14 Day of June, 2011