Piers Act

Arrangement of Sections

1. Short title

4. that Act.

5. exceeding ten naira.

6. the Minister.

7. to a fine not exceeding ten naira.

8. sanction of the customs and port authorities.

9. site and of sufficient strength.

10. (1) The owner or any other person having the exclusive right of occupation or the

11. to a fine of ten naira.

12. crew is, and remains, on board.

13. provided that this does not interfere with the proper working of any craft belonging to the

An Act to regularise the legal position of existing piers and control the er ection of new piers .

[3 of 1917. 24 of 1922. 521 of 1926. 27 of 1954. 122 and 6th Schedule.

L.N. 1 of 1955. 47 of 1955.]

[24 th February, 1917]

[Commencement.]

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Piers Act.

Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-

“ Mini s ter” means the Minister charged with responsibility for transport;

“ ow ner” , in relation to a pier, includes the occupiers;

“pie r” includes every pier or wharf of whatever description erected on or extending

beyond the foreshore of the sea or of any tidal waters or extending into the water of any

navigable inland waters and any pontoon moored in any such waters and used as a pier or

wharf.

Lim itation on application of Act

This Act shall not apply in respect of any pier in a port within the meaning of the Ni-

gerian Ports Authority Act or in the approaches to any such port within the meaning of

that Act.

[Cap. NI26.]

that Act.

4. Piers not to be erected or altered without licence

issued under this Act.

upon conviction be liable to payment of a tine of one hundred naira.

Exis ting piers may be removed under certain conditions

The Minister may, by notice in writing, require the owner of a pier existing at the

commencement of this Act to remove the same within such time as may be specified in

the notice, if the owner shall, not within the time and in the manner prescribed by section

6 of this Act, either produce an authority from the Government for the erection and con-

tinuance of the pier contained in a lease or other formal instrument, or apply for a licence