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Federal Capital Territory Act

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Arrangement of Sections

1. Creation of Federal Capital Territory for Nigeria.

2. Boundaries to be better defined.

3. Establishment of Federal Capital Development Authority.

4. Functions and powers of the Authority.

5. Executive Secretary and other Staff of the Authority.

6. Compensation payable.

7. Development without Authority's approval prohibited.

8. Power to enter premises and obtain information.

9. Offences and penalty therefore.

10. Offences by bodies corporate.

11. Accounts and audit.

12. Annual reports to President.

13. Applicable Laws in the Federal Capital Territory.

14. Regulations.

15. Interpretation of Applicable Laws.

16. Appeals from decisions of Upper Area Courts etc.

17. Application of High Court Laws of Northern Nigeria to the appeals.

18. Delegation of powers to the Minister for the Federal Capital Territory.

19. Exemption from such delegation.

20. Interpretation.

21. Short title.

First Schedule - Boundaries of the Federal Capital Territory

Second schedule - Laws Applicable to the Federal Capital Territory

FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ACT

An Act to establish for Nigeria, a Federal Capital Territory and to provide for the constitution of a Federal Capital Development Authority for exercising the various powers set out in this Act, to execute other projects connected therewith, to provide for the laws applicable to that Territory and for appeals from the Upper Area Court and the law applicable thereto; and to provide for the delegation to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory of the executive powers vested in the President and those vested in him and the Governor of a State under the applicable laws.

[COMMENCEMENT 4th day of February 1976]

Creation of Federal Capital Territory for Nigeria

1. (1)There is hereby established a capital territory in and for the Federal Republic of Nigeria to be designated as the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja (hereinafter referred to as the "Federal Capital Territory".

(2) The Federal Capital Territory shall consist of the area described in the First Schedule to this Act.
(3) The area contained in the Capital Territory shall, as from the commencement of this Act, cease to be a portion of the States concerned and shall thenceforth be governed and administered by or under the control of the Government of the Federation to the exclusion of any other person or authority whatsoever and the ownership of the lands comprised in the Federal Capital Territory shall likewise vest absolutely in the Government of the Federation.

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