Nigeria (Electoral Provisions) Order in Council, 1958
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1958/915 |
| Year | 1958 |
1958 No. 915
The Nigeria (Electoral Provisions) Order in Council, 19583rdJune 1958
9thJune 1958
10thJune 1958
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 3rd day of June, 1958
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas it is proposed that in due course there should be established for the Federation of Nigeria a House of Representatives (hereinafter referred to as "the proposed House of Representatives") containing three hundred and twenty elected members and it is expedient that the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Federation of Nigeria should be empowered to make provision for the election of those members:
Now, therefore, 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 and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Nigeria (Electoral Provisions) Order in Council, 1958.
(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 10th day of June, 1958.
Interpretation
2. The provisions of section 2 of the Nigeria (Constitution) Order in Council, 1954(b), as amended (c), shall apply for the purpose of interpreting this Order as they apply for the purpose of interpreting that Order.
Electoral Commission
3.—(1) There shall be for the Federation an Electoral Commission.
(2) The members of the Commission shall be—
(a) a Chief Electoral Commissioner, who shall be Chairman; and
(b) four other members, or such other number of members as the Governor-General, acting in his discretion, may from time to time prescribe.
(3) The members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Governor-General, acting in his discretion, by Instrument under the Public Seal.
(a) 53 & 54 Vict. c. 37.
(b) S.I. 1954/1146 (1954 II, p. 2829).
(c) S.I. 1955/432, 1956/836, 1957/1363, 1530, 1958/429 (1955 II, p. 3163; 1956 II, p. 2953; 1957 II, pp. 3028, 3030; 1958 II, p. 2757).
(4) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a member of the Commission if he is a member of a Legislative House or if he holds or is acting in any office of emolument under the Crown other than the office of member of the Public Service Commission of the Federation, the Police Service Commission of the Federation or the Public Service Commission of a Region or (unless the Governor-General, acting in his discretion, otherwise directs) if he is a...
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