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Circumstances where a court can set aside a chieftaincy declaration

Duty of the court to apply the provisions of a chieftaincy declaration to the facts of a case

Effect of a chieftaincy declaration

Effect of an election and installation contrary to a chieftaincy declaration

Effect of a valid and registered chieftaincy declaration

Effect of evidence contrary to a registered chieftaincy declaration

Effect of failure to register a chieftaincy declaration

How a cause of action founded on chieftaincy may arise

How a chieftaincy declaration should be read and interpreted

Meaning of a registered chieftaincy declaration

On whom lies the function of making chieftaincy declarations

Purpose of a registered chieftaincy declaration

The limits of the powers of the court in the exposition of words in a registered declaration

The position of the law on the operative date of a chieftaincy declaration

Whether a chieftaincy declaration can be set aside by the court

Whether a chieftaincy declaration must be specifically pleaded

Whether a court can interfere where, in the making of a chieftaincy declaration, those who ought to be heard were not so heard

Whether any question relating to a chieftaincy declaration is a chieftaincy question

Whether a registered declaration becomes inapplicable when the chieftaincy it relates is reduced in status from being recognized to a minor chief

Whether the court has the competence to determine whether a chieftaincy declaration is in conformity with prevailing customary law

Whether the courts can make a chieftaincy declaration

Whether the vested rights in chiefs are immutable under Paragraph 4 of the 1956 Baale of Ilora Chieftaincy Declaration

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