Section 83 Nigerian Electoral Act

Section 83 Electoral Act 2022 is about Monitoring of political parties. It is under Part V (Political Parties) of the Act.

(1) The Commission shall keep records of the activities of all the registered political parties.

(2) The Commission may seek information or clarification from any registered political party in
connection with any activities of the political party which may be contrary to the provisions of the
Constitution or any other law, guidelines, rules or regulations made pursuant to an Act of the National
Assembly.

(3) The Commission may direct its enquiry under subsection (2) to the Chairman or Secretary of the
political party at the national, state, local government or area council or ward level, as the case may be.

(4) A political party which fails to provide the required information or clarification under subsection (2)
or carry out any lawful directive given by the Commission in conformity with the provisions of this
section is liable to a fine not more than N1,000,000.