Nigeria (Constitution) (Amendment) Order in Council, 1957
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1957/1363 |
| Year | 1957 |
1957 No. 1363
ADMINISTRATION GENERALLY
The Nigeria (Constitution) (Amendment) Order in Council, 195731stJuly 1957
7thAugust 1957
8thAugust 1957
At the Court at Goodwood House, the 31st day of July, 1957
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in that 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, 1957, and shall be construed as one with the Nigeria (Constitution) Orders in Council, 1954 to 1956(b).
(2) This Order shall come into operation on the eighth day of August, 1957.
Amendment of Order of 1954
2. Section 108 of the Nigeria (Constitution) Order in Council, 1954 (hereinafter called "the principal Order") is hereby amended by the deletion of paragraph (a).
3. Section 110 of the principal Order is hereby amended by the deletion of paragraph (a).
4. Section 115 of the principal Order is hereby revoked and the following section is substituted:—
"Presiding in Executive Councils of Regions.
115.—(1) There shall preside at meetings of the Executive Council of the Northern Region—
(a) the Governor;
(b) in the absence of the Governor, the Premier; and
(c) in the absence of the Governor and the Premier, such other member of the Council as the Governor, acting in his discretion, may appoint.
(2) There shall preside at meetings of the Executive Council of the Western Region or the Eastern Region—
(a) the Premier; or
(b) in the absence of the Premier, such other Regional Minister as the Premier may appoint."
(a) 53 & 54 Vict. c. 37.
(b) S.I. 1954/1146, 1955/432, 1956/836 (1954 II, p. 2829; 1955 II, p. 3163; 1956 II, p. 2953).
5. Section 117 of the principal Order is hereby revoked and the following section is substituted:—
"Summoning Executive Councils of Regions and quorum therein.
117.—(1) (a) The Executive Council of the Northern Region shall not be summoned except by the authority of the Governor, acting in his discretion:
Provided that the Governor shall summon the Council if the Premier requests him in writing so to do.
(b) No business shall be transacted in the Executive Council of the Northern Region if objection is taken by any member present that, in addition to the Governor or other member...
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