Section 16 Nigerian Electoral Act

Section 16 Electoral Act 2022 is about Power to print or issue voters card. It is under Part III (National Register of Voters and Voters’ Registration) of the Act.

(1) The Commission shall design, cause to be printed and control the issuance of voters’ cards to voters whose names appear in the register.

(2) No voter shall hold more than one valid voters’ card.

(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction, to a fine not more than N500,000 or imprisonment for a term not more than one year or both.

(4) The Commission may, whenever it considers it necessary, replace all or any voters’ cards for the time
being held by voters.