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Actions Law of Anambra State

1 subsidiary principles

Adamawa State Water Board Edict No.4 of 1996

1 subsidiary principles

Administration and Succession (Estate of the Deceased Persons) Law of Anambra State

1 subsidiary principles

Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015

10 subsidiary principles

Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, 2011

7 subsidiary principles

Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Ondo State

1 subsidiary principles

Administration of Estate Law

3 subsidiary principles

Administration of Lands Act, 1962 (Act 123).

5 subsidiary principles

Administration of Lands Act, 1962 (Act 123) & Concessions Act, 1962 (Act 124)

1 subsidiary principles

Admiralty Jurisdiction Act

2 subsidiary principles

Admiralty Jurisdiction Decree

1 subsidiary principles

Admiralty Jurisdiction Procedure Rules, 1993

1 subsidiary principles

Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act

5 subsidiary principles

Aids to interpretation

1 subsidiary principles

Allocation of Revenue (Abolition of Dichotomy in the Application of the Principle of Derivation) Act, 2004

2 subsidiary principles

Alternative Dispute Resolution Act, 2010 (Act 798)

3 subsidiary principles

"and", "or"

1 subsidiary principles

Arbitration Act, 1990

1 subsidiary principles

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1988

9 subsidiary principles

Arbitration Law of Cross River State

1 subsidiary principles

Armed Forces Act

9 subsidiary principles

Armed Forces Decree

2 subsidiary principles

Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (Special Tribunal and Other Matters) Decree, 1979 (A.F.R.C.D. 23)

1 subsidiary principles

Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria Act

1 subsidiary principles

Associated Gas and Re-injection Act

1 subsidiary principles

Associated Gas Re-Injection Act

1 subsidiary principles

Auctioneers Law

2 subsidiary principles

Banking and Other Financial Institutions Decree No. 25 of 1991

1 subsidiary principles

Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act, 1991

2 subsidiary principles

Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions Act, 2016 (Act 930)

1 subsidiary principles

Bendel State (Civil Procedure) Rules 1988

1 subsidiary principles

Bills of Exchange Act, 1961 (Act 55)

1 subsidiary principles

Bills of Exchange Act, 1990

1 subsidiary principles

Bodies Corporate (Official Liquidations) Act, 1963 (Act 180)

1 subsidiary principles

Borrowers and Lenders Act, 2008 (Act 773)

1 subsidiary principles

Boundary, Land, Tribute, and Fishery Disputes (Executive Decisions Validation) Ordinance

1 subsidiary principles

Canon of interpretation

38 subsidiary principles

Cardinal Principle of Interpretation of statute

7 subsidiary principles

Chief (Appointment and Deposition) Law of Kwara state, 2006

1 subsidiary principles

Chief Edict No.11 of 1984 of Ondo State

1 subsidiary principles

Chiefs (Appointment and Deposition) Law of Northern Nigeria

1 subsidiary principles

Chiefs Law of Ogun State

2 subsidiary principles

Chiefs Law of Ondo State

1 subsidiary principles

Chieftaincy Act, 1961 (Act 81)

1 subsidiary principles

Chieftaincy Act, 2008 (Act 759)

1 subsidiary principles

Chieftaincy (Amendment) (No. 2) Decree, 1967 (N.L.C.D. 136), and N.L.C.D. 203

1 subsidiary principles

Chieftaincy Matters (Exclusion of Jurisdiction of Courts) Edict No.3 of 1985 of Oyo

1 subsidiary principles

Chieftaincy (National and Regional Houses of Chiefs) Procedure Rules, 1972 (CI 27)

2 subsidiary principles

Citizenship Act, 2000 (Act 591)

1 subsidiary principles

Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice Act, 1993 (Act 456)

1 subsidiary principles

Companies Act, 1968

4 subsidiary principles

Companies and Allied Matters Act

12 subsidiary principles

Companies Code, 1963 (Act 179)

5 subsidiary principles

Companies Decree, 1968

1 subsidiary principles

Companies Income Tax Act

3 subsidiary principles

Conflicts between Acts of the National Assembly

2 subsidiary principles

Constitution Amendment No. 2 Decree No. 42 of 1976

1 subsidiary principles

Construction of Penal Provisions

2 subsidiary principles

Contract Law of Anambra State

1 subsidiary principles

Contracts Act, 1960 (Act 25)

1 subsidiary principles

Co­operative Societies Decree, 1968 (NLCD 252)

1 subsidiary principles

Copyright Act

2 subsidiary principles

Copyright (Amendment) Decree No. 42 of 1999

1 subsidiary principles

Copyright Law, 1985 (PNDCL 110)

1 subsidiary principles

Court (Award of Interest and Post Judgment Interest) Rules, 2005 (CI 52)

1 subsidiary principles

Court of Appeal Act

6 subsidiary principles

Court of Appeal (Amendment) Rules, 2020 (CI 132)

1 subsidiary principles

Court of Appeal Edict, W.N., No. 15 of 1967

1 subsidiary principles

Court of Appeal Rules

13 subsidiary principles

Court of Appeal Rules, 1997 (CI 19)

8 subsidiary principles

Courts Act, 1971

1 subsidiary principles

Courts Act, 1993 (Act 459)

1 subsidiary principles

Courts (Amendment) Law, 1987 (P.N.D.C.L. 191)

1 subsidiary principles

Courts Ordinance, Cap 4 (1951 Rev)

1 subsidiary principles

Criminal and Other Offences Procedure Act, 1960 (Act 30)/Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)

1 subsidiary principles

Criminal Code

10 subsidiary principles

Criminal Code 1960 (Act 29)

2 subsidiary principles

Criminal Procedure Act

6 subsidiary principles

Criminal Procedure Code

8 subsidiary principles

Criminal Procedure Code, 1960 (Act 30)

8 subsidiary principles

Criminal Procedure Code, 1960 (Act 30)/Law Officers Act, 1964 (Act 225)

1 subsidiary principles

Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Decree, 1975 (N.R.C.D. 309)

1 subsidiary principles

Criminal Procedure Law

13 subsidiary principles

Criminal Procedure (Miscellaneous Provisions) Law

1 subsidiary principles

Customary Court Law, Cap. C21, Laws of Cross River State, 2004

2 subsidiary principles

Customs and Excise Decree, 1972 (NRCD 114)

1 subsidiary principles

Customs and Excise Management Act

1 subsidiary principles

Customs and Excise Management Act/Pre-shipment Inspection of Import Act

1 subsidiary principles

Decimal Currency Act, Cap D2 LFN, 2004

1 subsidiary principles

Decree No.107 of 1993

2 subsidiary principles

Decree No. 37 of 1968

1 subsidiary principles

Decree No. 41

1 subsidiary principles

Deep Offshore and Inland Basin (Production Sharing Contract) Act

1 subsidiary principles

Delta State Registration of Business Premises (Amendment) Edict 1995

1 subsidiary principles

Divestiture of State Interests (Implementation) Law, 1993 (PNDCL 326)

1 subsidiary principles

Doctrine of Impossibility of Performance

1 subsidiary principles

Edo State High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2012

2 subsidiary principles

EFCC Act

10 subsidiary principles

Ejusdem Generis Rule

7 subsidiary principles

Ekiti State Local Government Administration (Amendment) Law, 2011

1 subsidiary principles

Electoral Act

29 subsidiary principles

Electric Power Sector Reform Act

2 subsidiary principles

Environmental Impact Assessment Act

1 subsidiary principles

Evidence Act

39 subsidiary principles

Exchange Control (Amendment) Law, 1986 (PNDCL 149)

1 subsidiary principles

Explanatory notes

2 subsidiary principles

expressio unius est exclusio alterius

1 subsidiary principles

Factories Act

1 subsidiary principles

Failed Banks Decree [No. 25 of 1991, No. 18 of 1994]

1 subsidiary principles

Farm Lands (Protection) Act, 1962 (Act 107)

1 subsidiary principles

FCT High Court Law

1 subsidiary principles

Federal High Court Act

6 subsidiary principles

Federal High Court Rules

8 subsidiary principles

Federal High Court Rules/Electoral Act 2006

1 subsidiary principles

Federal Military Government (Supremacy and Enforcement of Power) Decree, 13 of 1984/Public Officers (Special Provisions) Decree, No.17 of 1984

1 subsidiary principles

Federal Military Government (Supremacy and Enforcement of Powers) Decree, 1970 (No. 28 of 1970)

1 subsidiary principles

Federal Polytechnics Act 1979

1 subsidiary principles

Fire Service Law of Cross River State 2004

1 subsidiary principles

Footnotes

1 subsidiary principles

Forestry Ordinance, 1948

1 subsidiary principles

Forfeiture of Assets, etc (Certain Persons) Decree

2 subsidiary principles

Freedom of Information Act

2 subsidiary principles

Fundamental Rights Enforcement Rules 1979

2 subsidiary principles

General/Specific Provisions

3 subsidiary principles

Ghana Cocoa Board (Re-organisation and Indemnity) Law, 1985 (PNDCL 125)

1 subsidiary principles

Ghana Nationality Decree, 1967 (N.L.C.D. 191) and Ghana Nationality (Amendment) Decree, 1969 (N.L.C.D. 333)

1 subsidiary principles

Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority Law, 1986 (PNDCL 160)

2 subsidiary principles

High Court (Civil Procedure) (Amendment) Rules, 1977 (LI 1107)

2 subsidiary principles

High Court (Civil Procedure) (Amendment) Rules, 2014 (CI 87)

1 subsidiary principles

High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954

1 subsidiary principles

High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (LN 140A)

5 subsidiary principles

High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2004 (CI 47)

12 subsidiary principles

High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules of Anambra Sate

1 subsidiary principles

High Court Civil Procedure Rules of Western Nigeria

1 subsidiary principles

High Court Law

3 subsidiary principles

High Court of Borno State (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2017

1 subsidiary principles

High Court of Lagos State (Civil Procedure Rules) 2004

1 subsidiary principles

High Court Rules

20 subsidiary principles

History of a legislation

2 subsidiary principles

ICPC Act

2 subsidiary principles

Illiterate Protection Law

4 subsidiary principles

Imo State Edict No. 1 of 1984

1 subsidiary principles

"include"

1 subsidiary principles

Income Tax Appeals (Lagos) Rules

1 subsidiary principles

Income Tax Decree of 1975 (as amended) SMCD 5

1 subsidiary principles

Income Tax Law of Bendel State

1 subsidiary principles

Industrial Training Fund Act

2 subsidiary principles

Inspection, Grading and Movement of Produce Law of Osun State

1 subsidiary principles

Insurance Act

2 subsidiary principles

Insurance Act, 2006 (Act 724)

3 subsidiary principles

Intention of the legislature

2 subsidiary principles

Internal Revenue Act, 2000 (Act 592)

1 subsidiary principles

Interpretation Act

3 subsidiary principles

Interpretation Act (CA 4)

3 subsidiary principles

Interpretation and application of amended and repealed laws

1 subsidiary principles

Interpretation Law

1 subsidiary principles

Interpretation of Act 759

1 subsidiary principles

Interpretation of limitation provisions

1 subsidiary principles

Investments and Securities Act

4 subsidiary principles

Investments and Securities Act

4 subsidiary principles

Items 60 and 67 of the Exclusive List in the 1979 Constitution and Section 49(5) of the Administration of Estates Law of Lagos State

1 subsidiary principles

JAMB Act

1 subsidiary principles

Judgment (Enforcement) Rules

2 subsidiary principles

Judicial Interpreter

1 subsidiary principles

Judicial Service (Amendment) Regulations, 1978, (L.I. 1168)

2 subsidiary principles

Kano State Local Government Edict, No. 5 of 1977

1 subsidiary principles

Kwara State Land Charge Law

1 subsidiary principles

Kwara State Revenue Administration Law, 2015 as amended

1 subsidiary principles

Labour Act, 2003 (Act 651)

3 subsidiary principles

Labour (Amendment) Decree 1969, NLCD 342

1 subsidiary principles

Lagos local Government Act

1 subsidiary principles

Land Development (Protection of Purchasers) Act, 1960 (Act 2)

1 subsidiary principles

Land Instruments Registration Law

1 subsidiary principles

Land Registration Act

1 subsidiary principles

Land Registry Act, 1962 (Act 122)

3 subsidiary principles

Lands Commission Act, 2008 (Act 767)

1 subsidiary principles

Land Tenure Law Cap. 59 of Northern Region

1 subsidiary principles

Land Use Act

20 subsidiary principles

Law Reform (Contracts) Law of Lagos

1 subsidiary principles

Legal Practitioners Act

5 subsidiary principles

Legal Profession Act (Act 32) 1960

3 subsidiary principles

Legislative Houses (Powers and Privileges) Act

1 subsidiary principles

Limitation Act

1 subsidiary principles

Limitation Law of Cross River State

1 subsidiary principles

Limitation statutes

8 subsidiary principles

Local Boundaries Settlement Edict No. 9 of 1970

1 subsidiary principles

Local Government Act, 1961 (Act 54)

1 subsidiary principles

Local Government Act, 1993 (Act 462)

1 subsidiary principles

Local Government Law, 1988 (PNDCL 207)

1 subsidiary principles

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Law of Kwara State

1 subsidiary principles

Local Government Ordinance

1 subsidiary principles

Long title

1 subsidiary principles

Magistrates’ Courts Law

3 subsidiary principles

Manu­facture and Sale of Spirits Regulations, 1962 (LI 239)

3 subsidiary principles

Marginal Notes

1 subsidiary principles

Marriage Act

1 subsidiary principles

Marriage Ordinance, Cap. 127 (1951 Rev.)

3 subsidiary principles

Matrimonial Causes Act

7 subsidiary principles

Matrimonial Causes Decree

1 subsidiary principles

Matrimonial Causes Rules

2 subsidiary principles

"may"

7 subsidiary principles

May be pronounced

1 subsidiary principles

"means"/"includes"

1 subsidiary principles

Memorandum

2 subsidiary principles

Minerals Act

1 subsidiary principles

Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act

1 subsidiary principles

Money Lenders Law

1 subsidiary principles

Mortgages Decree, 1972 (NRCD 96)

1 subsidiary principles

Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance) Act, 1958

3 subsidiary principles

NAFDAC Act

1 subsidiary principles

NAFDAC Decree

1 subsidiary principles

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act

2 subsidiary principles

National Electric Power Authority Act

1 subsidiary principles

National Film and Video Censors Board Decree

1 subsidiary principles

National Industrial Court Act

2 subsidiary principles

National Industrial Court Rules

1 subsidiary principles

National Library Act

1 subsidiary principles

National Media Commission (Content Standards) Regulations, 2015, L.I. 2224

3 subsidiary principles

Nigeria Communications Commission Act

2 subsidiary principles

Nigeria Communications Commission Act

3 subsidiary principles

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission Connection and Disconnection Procedures for Electricity Services, 2007

1 subsidiary principles

Nigerian National Petroleum Act

2 subsidiary principles

Nigerian Postal Services Act

1 subsidiary principles

Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (Amendment) Act 2007

4 subsidiary principles

Nigeria Ports Act

1 subsidiary principles

"notwithstanding"

1 subsidiary principles

Oaths Act

2 subsidiary principles

Oil Pipeline Act

2 subsidiary principles

Order 39(1) of the Supreme [High] Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (L.N. 140A) and Order 42(1) of the Courts Ordinance, Cap. 4 (1951 Rev.), Sched. II

1 subsidiary principles

Order 8, Rules 1 and 4 of the Court of Appeal Rules 2011 and Rule 6(b) of the Court of Appeal Practice Direction, 2013

1 subsidiary principles

Ouster Clauses

3 subsidiary principles

Paragraph 1 of the Practice Direction for Election Tribunals 2011 and section 285(7) 1999 Constitution

1 subsidiary principles

Partnership Act, 1890

1 subsidiary principles

Passport (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act

2 subsidiary principles

Penal Code

3 subsidiary principles

Personal Income Tax Act

2 subsidiary principles

Personal Income Tax Law

2 subsidiary principles

Petroleum Act Cap 350

1 subsidiary principles

Petroleum Act, LFN 2004

1 subsidiary principles

Petroleum Profts Tax Act

2 subsidiary principles

Police Act

5 subsidiary principles

Pool Betting and Casino Gaming (Prohibition) Act, Cap. 360 LFN 1990

1 subsidiary principles

Practice Direction (Practice in Empanelling Justices of the Supreme Court) [2000] SCGLR 86-87

1 subsidiary principles

Preamble

2 subsidiary principles

Preamble/Explanatory Note

1 subsidiary principles

Preamble/Long Title

1 subsidiary principles

Pre-shipment Inspection of Imports Act

1 subsidiary principles

Pre-Shipment Inspection of Imports Act, 1985

1 subsidiary principles

Presidential (Transition) Act, 2012 (Act 845)

1 subsidiary principles

Principles of interpretation of statute

76 subsidiary principles

Proviso

7 subsidiary principles

Public Officers Protection Act

2 subsidiary principles

Public Officers Protection Law

3 subsidiary principles

Public Officers (Special Provisions) Act, Cap 381 LFN, 1990

1 subsidiary principles

Public Officers (Special Provisions) Decree No. 17 of 1984

4 subsidiary principles

Public Order Decree, 1972 (NRCD 68)

4 subsidiary principles

Punctuations

1 subsidiary principles

Purpose of a Constitution/Statute

1 subsidiary principles

Purposive interpretation of statute

5 subsidiary principles

Revenue Administration Act, 2016 (Act 915)

1 subsidiary principles

Robbery and Firearms Act

4 subsidiary principles

Rules of Interpretation of Statutes

42 subsidiary principles

Sale of Goods Act, 1893

1 subsidiary principles

Sale of Goods Act, 1962 (Act 137)

2 subsidiary principles

Sale of Goods Law

1 subsidiary principles

Schedules

3 subsidiary principles

Schedules and Tables

1 subsidiary principles

Section 12 of the Practice and Procedure of the High Court of Lagos, 1973 and Order 15, Rule 6A(3) of the Rules of the Supreme Court of England

1 subsidiary principles

Section 16 of the Court of Appeal Act, and Order 1 Rule 19 of the Court of Appeal Rules 2002

1 subsidiary principles

Section 19 of the Companies Income Tax Act/Section 380 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act

1 subsidiary principles

Section 212 of the Common Law Procedure Act, 1852 and Section 17(1)(a) of the Rent Act, 1963

1 subsidiary principles

Section 2(2)(b)(c) of the Matrimonial Causes Act and Section 257(1) of the 1999 Constitution

1 subsidiary principles

Section 22 of the Cross River State High Court Law and Order 7 Rule 3 of the Cross River State High Court Rules

1 subsidiary principles

Section 23 of the Police Act, Section 98(1) of the FCT High Court Act and Section 160(1) of the 1979 Constitution

1 subsidiary principles

Section 2(3) of the Tribunals (Certain Consequential Amendments etc) Decree No. 62 of 1999

1 subsidiary principles

Section 251(1)(s) of the 1999 Constitution and Section 87(9) of the Electoral Act

1 subsidiary principles

Section 26(7) of Act 370 and regulation 13(5) of LI 798

1 subsidiary principles

Section 2 of the Trade Disputes (Amendment) Decree No. 47 of 1992, Section 20 of Trade Disputes Act, Cap. 432, LFN 1990 and Section 272 of the 1999 Constitution

1 subsidiary principles

Section 4(1) of the Oaths Act, and Sections 18 and 135 of the Electoral Act

1 subsidiary principles

Section 44 of the 1999 Constitution and Sections 1 and 2 of the Land Use Act

1 subsidiary principles

Section 71 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process law, Cap. 118 Laws of Old Eastern Nigeria and Order IX rules 13(1) of Judgment (Enforcement) Rules of Old Eastern Nigeria

1 subsidiary principles

Section 78 of the Penal Code/Section 365 of the Criminal Procedure Code

1 subsidiary principles

"Shall"

5 subsidiary principles

Sheriffs and Civil Processes Act

16 subsidiary principles

Side Notes

1 subsidiary principles

Sokoto State Sharia Courts Law, 2000

1 subsidiary principles

Special Tribunal Decree (Decree No. 20 of 1984)

2 subsidiary principles

State Lands Law, Cap. 122 Laws of Eastern Nigeria

1 subsidiary principles

State Lands Law of Anambra State

1 subsidiary principles

States (Creation and Transitional Provisions) Decree 1977

1 subsidiary principles

States (Creation and Transitional Provisions) Decree No.36 of 1996

1 subsidiary principles

State Security (Detention of Persons) Act

1 subsidiary principles

Statutory Interpretation

2 subsidiary principles

"subject to"

2 subsidiary principles

Sub-section

1 subsidiary principles

Subversion Decree, 1972

1 subsidiary principles

Supreme Court Act

5 subsidiary principles

Supreme Court Act, 1960

1 subsidiary principles

Supreme Court Ordinance

1 subsidiary principles

Supreme Court Rules

13 subsidiary principles

Supreme Court Rules, 1962 (LI 218)

3 subsidiary principles

Supreme Court Rules, 1996 (CI 16)

7 subsidiary principles

Supreme [High] Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 1954 (L.N. 140A)

1 subsidiary principles

Survey Law of Kwara State

1 subsidiary principles

Taraba State Local Government Law

1 subsidiary principles

The aim of the court when interpreting statutes, instruments and other documents

The blue pencil rule

2 subsidiary principles

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (Complaint Procedure Regulations, 1994 (C.I. 7)

1 subsidiary principles

The Judicial, etc Offices and Appeal By Prosecutors Act

1 subsidiary principles

The Land Title Registration Law, 1986 (PNDCL 152)

1 subsidiary principles

The Local Government Law of Enugu State

3 subsidiary principles

The modern approach to the interpretation of statute

The National Lotto Act, 2006 (Act 722)

3 subsidiary principles

The principle that the rules of construction of statutes are similar to those of other documents

The purpose of interpretation of statute

The reason for the use of words as the barometer for interpretation

Title/Heading in a statute

3 subsidiary principles

Title of a statute

1 subsidiary principles

Trade Disputes Act

4 subsidiary principles

Trade Disputes (Amendment) Decree No. 47 of 1992

1 subsidiary principles

Trade Disputes Decree

3 subsidiary principles

Trademarks Act

1 subsidiary principles

Trade Union Act

4 subsidiary principles

Trade Union (Amendment) Decree No.4 of 1996

1 subsidiary principles

Traditional Rulers and Chiefs Edict 1979

1 subsidiary principles

Traditional Rulers and Chiefs Edict 1979 of Bendel State

2 subsidiary principles

Trustees Incorporation Act (Act 106)

2 subsidiary principles

University of Education, Winneba Act, 2004 (Act 672)

1 subsidiary principles

University of Ilorin Act

2 subsidiary principles

University of Lagos Act

1 subsidiary principles

Value Added Tax Act

2 subsidiary principles

What judicial interpretation entails

Wills Act 1837

1 subsidiary principles

Wills Act (Act 360)

1 subsidiary principles

Wills Law

3 subsidiary principles

Winding Up Rules

1 subsidiary principles

Without Prejudice

1 subsidiary principles

Workmen's Compensation Law, 1987 (PNDCL 187)/National Pensions Act, 2008 (Act 766)

1 subsidiary principles

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