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National Honours Act

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Arrangement of Sections

1. Power to provide by warrant for award of honours

2. Offences

3. Short title

4. List of Subsidiary Legislation

5. Honours (Fire Services) Warrant.

6. ARTICLE

7. Deprivation.

8. Short title.

9. ARTICLE

10. The Distinguished Service Medal .............................................................................. .D.S.M.

11. Deprivation

12. (b) by the like notice restore any service medal to a person who has been deprived thereof in pursuance of this article,

An Act to make provisions for the award of National honours by a warrant, issued

by the President, for matters connected therewith.

[1964 No.5.]

[1st October, 1963]

[Commencement.]

1. Power to provide by warrant for award of honours

(1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (4) and (6) of this section, the President may, by warrant, make provision for the award of titles of honour, decorations and dignities (in this Act collectively referred to as “honours”).

[1979 No. 65.]

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by the foregoing sub- section, a warrant under this section may contain provisions-
(a) establishing the honours which may be awarded in pursuance of the warrant and specifying different ranks within each honour;
(b) providing for the precedence to be accorded to different honours and different ranks of honours;
(c) limiting the number of persons who may, from time to time, be admitted to a particular honour or rank of an honour;
(d) specifying the designation which a recipient of an honour or rank of an honour, shall be entitled to use and the abbreviations by which reference may be made to such designation;
(e) prescribing the insignia by which an honour or rank of an honour is to be distinguished
(j) providing for the deprivation of an honour in a case where a recipient conducts himself in a manner which the President considers to be inconsistent with the honour.
(3) A warrant under this section may make different provisions for different circumstances, and may be revoked or varied by a subsequent warrant.
(4) The power to make awards in pursuance of a warrant under this section, shall be exercisable by the President in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999.

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