Court of Appeal Act

COURT OF APPEAL ACT

Chapter C37, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 (as Amended in 1993, 2005 and 2013)

NOTE: The principal Act has been amended by the Court of Appeal (Amendment) Act, 1993 ; which changed the number of justices from forty one to fifty; the Court of Appeal (Amendment) Act, 2005 which further increased the number to seventy; and the Court of Appeal (Amendment) Act 2013 which again increased the Court's judge membership to 90]

COURT OF APPEAL ACT

An Act to establish the Court of Appeal as an intermediate Court between the High Court and other subordinate Courts and the Supreme Court and matters ancillary thereto.

[Commencement 1^st day of October 1976]

Part I: G eneral

1. The number of the Justices of the Court of Appeal, including the President of that Court, shall be ninety.

2. (1) There shall be paid to the President of the Court of Appeal the same salary as is payable to a Justice of the Supreme Court.

(2) There shall be paid to each Justice of the Court of Appeal the same salary as is payable to the Chief Judge of a State.

(3) There shall also be paid to each Justice on account of expenses incurred in connection with his office or otherwise, such allowances as are considered reasonable by the Federal Government and comparable with similar appointments.

(4) The amounts payable under this section shall be charged on and paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

3. (1) The President shall take precedence of all other Justices of the Court of Appeal, and the other Justices shall take precedence after the President in accordance with such directions as may be given by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

(2) The President shall rank equal to a Justice of the Supreme Court and the other Justices of the Court of Appeal shall rank next to the Justices of the Supreme Court and equal to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court.

4. Subject to section 255 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a person holding the office of President or Justice of the Court of Appeal shall vacate his office when he attains the age of sixty-five years.

5. (1) There shall be appointed for the Court of Appeal, a Chief Registrar and such number of Registrars and other officers in the Registrar grades as may be deemed necessary.