ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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Power to provide by warrant for award of honours.
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Offences.
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Short title.
NATIONAL HONOURS ACT
An Act to make provisions for the award of National honours by a warrant, issued by the President, for matters connected therewith.
[1st October, 1963] [Commencement.]
- Power to provide by warrant for award of honours
(1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (4) and (6) of this section, the President may, by warrant, make provision for the award of titles of honour, decorations and dignities (in this Act collectively referred to as “honours”).
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by the foregoing subsection, a warrant under this section may contain provisions—
(a) establishing the honours which may be awarded in pursuance of the warrant and specifying different ranks within each honour;
(b) providing for the precedence to be accorded to different honours and different ranks of honours;
(c) limiting the number of persons who may, from time to time, be admitted to a particular honour or rank of an honour;
(d) specifying the designation which a recipient of an honour or rank of an honour, shall be entitled to use and the abbreviations by which reference may be made to such designation;
(e) prescribing the insignia by which an honour or rank of an honour is to be distinguished;
(f) providing for the deprivation of an honour in a case where a recipient conducts himself in a manner which the President considers to be inconsistent with the honour.
(3) A warrant under this section may make different provisions for different circumstances, and may be revoked or varied by a subsequent warrant.
(4) The power to make awards in pursuance of a warrant under this section, shall be exercisable by the President in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999.
(5) A warrant under this section may provide that the warrant shall have effect as if it had been made on such date (not being earlier than the day when this Act is deemed to have come into force), as may be specified by the warrant, and an honour for which provision is made by a warrant and which was awarded in accordance with subsection (4) of this section, before the making of the warrant but on or after the date so specified, shall be deemed to have been awarded in pursuance of the warrant.
(6) Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorising provision to be made by warrant with respect to the dignity of a chief.
(7) Notwithstanding subsection (4) of this section, the power to make awards in pursuance of a warrant under this section shall, in so far as it relates to police medals, be exercisable by the Nigeria Police Council.
- Offences
If a person who is not entitled in pursuance of a warrant under this Act to a particular honour or rank of an honour for which provision is made by the warrant—
(a) uses a designation or abbreviation specified by the warrant in respect of the honour or rank or a description so nearly resembling such a designation or abbreviation as to be likely to deceive; or
(b) wears or otherwise uses any insignia so specified or an emblem so nearly resembling any such insignia as to be likely to deceive; or
(c) by any other means represents himself to be a person who is or was entitled to the honour or rank, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding N100 or both.
- Short title
This Act may be cited as the National Honours Act.
NATIONAL HONOURS ACT
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
This Warrant may be cited as the Honours (Fire Services) Warrant.
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