(2)
The appointment of a person to the office of a Judge of
a Customary Court of Appeal shall be made by the Governor
of the State on the recommendation of the National Judicial
Council.
(3)
Apart from such other qualification as may be prescribed
by a law of the House of Assembly of the State, a person
shall not be qualified to hold office of a president or
of a Judge of a Customary Court of Appeal of a State unless:-
(a)
he is a legal practitioner in Nigeria and he 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 President of the Customary Court of Appeal
of a State 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
has assumed the functions of that office, or until the
person holding the office has resumed the functions of
that office, or until the person holding the office has
resumed those functions, the Governor of the State shall
appoint the most senior Judge of the Customary Court of
Appeal of the State to perform those functions.
(5)
Except on the recommendation of the National Judicial
Council, an appointment pursuant to subsection (4) of
this section shall cease to have effect after the expiration
of three months from the date of such appointment, and
the Governor shall not reappoint a person whose appointment
has lapsed.
282.
- (1) A Customary Court of Appeal of a State shall exercise
appellate and supervisory jurisdiction in civil proceedings
involving questions of Customary law.
(2)
For the purpose of this section, a Customary Court of
Appeal of a State shall exercise such jurisdiction and
decide such questions as may be prescribed by the House
of Assembly of the State for which it is established.
283.
For the purpose of exercising any jurisdiction conferred
upon it by this Constitution or any law, a Customary Court
of Appeal of the State may make rules for regulating the
practice and procedure of the Customary Court of Appeal
of the State.
