Laws of the Colony of Southern Nigeria, Volume 1Stevens, 1908 |
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... Month " shall mean respectively a year or a month reckoned according to the British Calendar . ( P. 11 of 1905 , s . 1 , and 3 of 1876 , s . 7. ) 3. All Ordinances shall be divided into sections , if there be more Ordinances to ...
... Month " shall mean respectively a year or a month reckoned according to the British Calendar . ( P. 11 of 1905 , s . 1 , and 3 of 1876 , s . 7. ) 3. All Ordinances shall be divided into sections , if there be more Ordinances to ...
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... Months , with or without hard labour , or both , as the Order or Rule - making authority may think fit , subject to disallowance by His Majesty ; ( e ) No Order or Rule shall be inconsistent with the provisions of any Ordinance ; ( d ) ...
... Months , with or without hard labour , or both , as the Order or Rule - making authority may think fit , subject to disallowance by His Majesty ; ( e ) No Order or Rule shall be inconsistent with the provisions of any Ordinance ; ( d ) ...
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... month when the fine exceeds 17. but does not exceed 57 .; for any term not exceeding three months when the fine exceeds 57. but does not exceed 251 .; for any term . not exceeding six months in any other case . ( f ) The imprisonment ...
... month when the fine exceeds 17. but does not exceed 57 .; for any term not exceeding three months when the fine exceeds 57. but does not exceed 251 .; for any term . not exceeding six months in any other case . ( f ) The imprisonment ...
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... months . The provisions of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance shall apply to the hearing of any such complaint , but the defendant shall be a competent witness at the hearing . The Chief Justice may at any time order that the sum in which ...
... months . The provisions of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance shall apply to the hearing of any such complaint , but the defendant shall be a competent witness at the hearing . The Chief Justice may at any time order that the sum in which ...
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... month , setting out the name of the defendant , the offence with which he was charged , and if convicted , the date of such conviction , and the sentence or order in full : Provided always , that it shall be lawful for the Chief Justice ...
... month , setting out the name of the defendant , the offence with which he was charged , and if convicted , the date of such conviction , and the sentence or order in full : Provided always , that it shall be lawful for the Chief Justice ...
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Popular passages
Page 685 - A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand, or at a fixed or determinable future time, a sum certain in money to, or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer.
Page 684 - Holder" means the payee or indorsee of a bill or note, who is in possession of it, or the bearer thereof. "Indorsement" means an indorsement completed by delivery.
Page 706 - The notarial act of honor must be founded on a declaration made by the payer for honor or by his agent in that behalf declaring his intention to pay the bill for honor and for whose honor he pays.
Page 685 - Notice of dishonor is not required to be given to an indorser in either of the following cases : 1. Where the drawee is a fictitious person or a person not having capacity to contract, and the indorser was aware of the fact at the time he indorsed the instrument; 2.
Page 691 - The title of a person who negotiates an instrument is defective within the meaning of this act when he obtained the instrument, or any signature thereto, by fraud, duress or force and fear or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration or when he negotiates it in breach of faith, or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud.
Page 691 - That at the time it was negotiated to him he had no notice of any infirmity in the instrument or defect in the title of the person negotiating it.
Page 707 - The acceptance may be written on any part and it must be written on one part only. If the drawee accepts more than one part, and such accepted parts are negotiated to different holders in due course, he is liable on every such part as if it were a separate bill.
Page 698 - Notice of dishonor may be given by an agent either in his own name or in the name of any party entitled to give notice, whether that party be his principal or not.
Page 299 - ... to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour.
Page 698 - Except as herein otherwise provided, when a negotiable instrument has been dishonored by nonacceptance or nonpayment, notice of dishonor must be given to the drawer and to each indorser, and any drawer or indorser to whom such notice is not given is discharged.