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NGA-1972-L-56743
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Title_of_text
Prisons Act 1972 (No. 9) (Chapter 366).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Nigeria
Subjects (Classification)
General provisions
Adopted on (Date of text)
1972-04-10
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Establishes comprehensive provisions for the administration of prisons and related matters. S. 4 deals with the prisoner's duty to do work, the nature and amount of which is left to the superintendent's discretion.
Serial region
Serial title
Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990
Page range
pp. 13466-13480