Nigeria (Constitution) (Amendment) Order in Council, 1955
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1955/432 |
1955 No. 432
The Nigeria (Constitution) (Amendment) Order in Council, 195517thMarch 1955
22ndMarch 1955
23rdMarch 1955
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 17th day of March, 1955
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890(a), or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
Citation, construction and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Nigeria (Constitution) (Amendment) Order in Council, 1955, and shall be construed as one with the Nigeria (Constitution) Order in Council, 1954(b).
(2) The Nigeria (Constitution) Order in Council, 1954, and this Order may be cited together as the Nigeria (Constitution) Orders in Council, 1954 and 1955.
(3) This Order shall come into operation on the twenty-third day of March, 1955.
Amendment of Nigeria {Constitution) Order in Council, 1954
2. The Nigeria (Constitution) Order in Council, 1954, shall have effect, and shall be deemed always to have had effect, as if the provisions of the Order specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order were amended in the manner specified in the second column of that Schedule.
W. G. Agnew.
SCHEDULE
SECTION 9
Subsection (1) Delete the words "or, having been so elected, shall
sit or vote in that House"
SECTION 38
Subsection (1) Delete the words "or, having been so elected, shall
sit or vote in any such House"
(a) 53 & 54 Vict. c. 37.
(b) S.I. 1954/1146 (1954 II, p. 2829).
SECTION 52
Subsection (1) (a) Delete the words "The Legislature of a Region
may, by law enacted under this Order," and
substitute the words "A law enacted by the
Legislature of a Region may"
(b) Delete the words "Federal Legislative List"
and substitute the words "Exclusive Legislative
List"
SECTION 53
Subsection (1) Delete the words "The Federal Legislature may, by
law enacted under this Order," and substitute
the words "A law enacted by the Federal
Legislature may"
Subsection (2) Delete the words "The Legislature of a Region may,
by law enacted under this Order," and substitute
the words "A law enacted by the Legislature of
a Region may".
Subsection (3) Delete the words "The Legislature of the Southern
Cameroons may, by law enacted under this Order,"
and substitute the words "A law enacted by the
Legislature of the Southern...To continue reading
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