Category: Nigeria


  • Section 48 NDLEA Act Section 48 of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act 1989 is about Annual report. It provides as follows: The Agency shall, not later than 30 September in each year, submit to the President a report of its activities during the immediately preceding year and shall include in such report the…

  • Section 47 NDLEA Act Section 47 of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act 1989 is about Accounts and audit. It provides as follows: The Agency shall keep proper accounts in a form which conforms with acceptedcommercial standards of its receipts, payments, assets and liabilities and shall submit the accounts annually for auditing by a…

  • Section 46 NDLEA Act Section 46 of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act 1989 is about Fund. It provides as follows: (1) The Agency shall establish and maintain a fund from which shall be defrayed allexpenditure reasonably incurred by the Agency for the execution of its functions under this Act. (2) There shall be…

  • Section 45 NDLEA Act Section 45 of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act 1989 is about Information to be supplied by Nigerian diplomatic mission. It provides as follows: (1) Every head of any Nigerian diplomatic mission abroad shall, at least once inevery six months, forward to the Agency information and documents about Nigerians convicted…

  • Section 44 NDLEA Act Section 44 of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act 1989 is about Application of certain enactments. It provides as follows: (1) The offences under Part II of this Act shall, for the purposes of the ExtraditionAct, as amended, be regarded as extraditable offences under that Act.[Cap. E25.] (2) The President…

  • Section 43 NDLEA Act Section 43 of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act 1989 is about Application of Act to certain persons. It provides as follows: The Agency may seek the authority of the President to conduct investigation on anyperson whose lifestyle appears to the Agency to be beyond his source of income and…

  • Section 42 NDLEA Act Section 42 of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act 1989 is about Freezing order on banks. It provides as follows: (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other Act or enactment, where anyperson is arrested under this Act, the chairman of the Agency may, if he is satisfied that the money…

  • Section 41 NDLEA Act Section 41 of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act 1989 is about Power to search, seize and arrest. It provides as follows: (1) For the purpose of this Act-(a) any police officer or customs officer; or[1999 No. 62.] (b) any officer of the Agency involved in the enforcement of the…

  • Section 40 NDLEA Act Section 40 of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act 1989 is about Consequence of an acquittal in respect of assets and properties. It provides as follows: (1) Where a person is discharged or acquitted by a Federal High Court of an offence under this Act, the Federal High Court may…

  • Section 39 NDLEA Act Section 39 of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act 1989 is about Offences in relation to forfeiture orders. It provides as follows: (1) Any person, who without due authorisation by the Agency, deals with, sells orotherwise disposes of any property or asset which is the subject of an attachment, interim…