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263. For
the purpose of exercising any jurisdiction confer#FF0000
upon it by this Constitution or any Act of the National
Assembly, the Sharia Court of Appeal shall be duly constituted
if it consists of at least three Kadis of that Court.
264. Subject to the
provisions of any Act of the National Assembly, the Grand
Kadi of the Sharia Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital
Territory, Abuja may make rules for regulating the practice
and procedure of the Sharia Court of Appeal of the Federal
Capital Territory, Abuja.
F - The Customary
Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
265.-
(1)
There shall be a Customary Court of Appeal of the Federal
Capital Territory, Abuja.
(2) The Customary Court of Appeal of
the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja shall consist of
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(a)
a President of the Customary Court of Appeal; and
(b) such number of Judges of the Customary
Court of Appeal as may be prescribed by an Act of
the National Assembly.
266.
(1)
The appointment of a person to the office of the President
of the Customary Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital
Territory, Abuja shall be made by the President on the
recommendation of the National Judicial Council, subject
to the confirmation of such appointment by the Senate.
(2)
The appointment of a person to the office of a Judge
of the Customary Court of Appeal shall be made by the
President on the recommendation of the National Judicial
Council.
(3)
Apart from such other qualification as may be prescribed
by an Act of the National Assembly, a person shall not
be qualified to hold the office of President or a Judge
of the Customary Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital
Territory, Abuja, unless -
(a)
he is a legal practitioner in Nigeria and has been so
qualified for a period of not less than ten years and,
in the opinion of the National Judicial Council he has
considerable knowledge and experience in the practice
of Customary law; or
(b) in the opinion of the National
Judicial Council he has considerable knowledge of
and experience in the practice of Customary law.
(4) If the office
of the President of the Customary Court of Appeal is
vacant or if the person holding the office is for any
reason unable to perform the functions of the office,
then, until a person has been appointed to and assumed
the functions of that office, or until the person holding
the office has resumed those functions, the President
shall appoint the next most senior Judge of the Customary
Court of Appeal to perform those functions.
(5) Except on the
recommendation of the National Judicial Council, an
appointment pursuant to the provisions of subsection
(4) of this section hall cease to have effect after
the expiration of three months from the date of such
appointment and the President shall no re-appoint a
person whose appointment has lapsed.
267. The Customary
Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja
shall, in addition to such other jurisdiction as may be
confer#FF0000 upon by an Act of The National Assembly
Exercise such appellate and supervisory jurisdiction in
civil proceedings involving questions of Customary law.
268. For the purpose
of exercising any jurisdiction confer#FF0000 upon it by
this Constitution or any Act of the National Assembly,
the Customary Court of Appeal shall be duly constituted
if it consists of at least three Judges of that Court.
269. Subject to the
provisions of any Act of the National Assembly, the President
of the Customary Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital
Territory, Abuja, may make rules for regulating the practice
and procedure of the Customary Court of Appeal of the
Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
