Nigerian Ports Authority Act

NIGERIAN PORTS AUTHORITY ACT

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I

Establishment, etc., of the Nigerian Ports Authority and its Governing Board

SECTION

1. Establishment of the Nigerian Ports Authority.

2. Establishment and membership of the governing Board.

3. Tenure of office, etc.

4. Removal from office, etc.

5. Emoluments, etc.

6. Disclosure of interest.

7. Functions of the Authority.

8. Powers of the Authority.

PART II

Functions and powers

9. Power to act through officer or agent, etc.

PART III

Staff

10. Managing director and executive directors of the Authority.

11. Other staff of the Authority, etc.

12. Service in the Authority to be pensionable.

PART IV

Financial provisions

13. Fund of the Authority.

14. Reserve funds.

15. Application of surplus revenue.

16. Power to borrow money and raise capital from non-Government sources.

17. Power to borrow money from Government sources, etc.

18. Power to borrow money temporarily.

19. Investment of monies.

20. Annual estimates, accounts and audit.

21. Annual report and periodical returns.

22. Exemption from tax.

23. Power to accept gifts.

SECTION

PART V

Provisions relating to land

24. Compulsory acquisition of land.

25. Restrictions on alienation of land.

26. Power to enter land to erect beacons and make surveys.

27. Power to remove obstruction to visibility of lighthouses and beacons.

28. When notice of entry on land to be given.

29. Compensation for damages.

PART VI

Declaration of ports

30. Power to declare places, etc., as ports, their limits and approaches.

PART VII

Regulation of ports

31. Power to appoint harbour master.

32. Power of Authority to make port regulations.

PART VIII

Regulation of piers in ports

33. Restriction on the erection, etc., of piers.

34. Licences for erection, etc., of piers.

35. Cancellation of licence for breach of condition or contravention of regulation or public interest.

36. Removal of piers.

37. Regulations relating to piers.

38. Application to the State.

PART IX

Regulation of the wharves, etc., of the Authority

39. Authority to set apart customs area.

40. Power of the Authority to make bye-laws for control, etc., of wharves.