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Nigeria Independence Act 1960

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This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).

  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Provision for the fully responsible status of Nigeria

  3. 2.Consequential modifications of British Nationality Acts

  4. 3.Consequential modification of other enactments

  5. 4.Modification of Overseas Service Act, 1958

  6. 5.Short title and interpretation

  7. SCHEDULES

    1. FIRST SCHEDULE

      Legislative Powers in Nigeria

      1. 1.The Colonial Laws Validity Act, 1865, shall not apply to...

      2. 2.No law and no provision of any law made on...

      3. 3.Any such legislature as aforesaid shall have full power to...

      4. 4.Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of...

      5. 5.Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of...

      6. 6.Nothing in this Act shall confer on any such legislature...

    2. SECOND SCHEDULE

      Amendments not affecting Law of Nigeria

      1. Diplomatic immunities

        1. 1.In section four hundred and sixty-one of the Income Tax...

        2. 2.In subsection (6) of section one of the Diplomatic Immunities...

      2. Financial

        1. 3.In section two of the Import Duties Act, 1958, in...

        2. 4.In the Colonial Stock Act, 1934 (which extends the stocks...

      3. Visiting forces

        1. 5.In the Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Act, 1933, section four...

        2. 6.In the Visiting Forces Act, 1952— (a) in paragraph (a)...

      4. Ships and aircraft

        1. 7.In subsection (2) of section four hundred and twenty-seven of...

        2. 8.In the proviso to subsection (2) of section six of...

        3. 9.In the definition of " excepted ship or aircraft "...

        4. 10.The Ships and Aircraft (Transfer Restriction) Act, 1939, shall not...

        5. 11.In the Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act, 1934, the expression "...

      5. Copyright

        1. 12.The references in section thirty-one of the Copyright Act, 1956,...

        2. 13.If the Copyright Act, 1911, so far as in force...

      6. Divorce jurisdiction

        1. 14.In subsection (2) of section two of the Indian and...

      7. Commonwealth Institute

        1. 15.In subsection (2) of section eight of the Imperial Institute...

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