309. Notwithstanding
the provisions of Chapter III of this Constitution but subject
to section 28 thereof, any person who became a citizen of Nigeria
by birth, registration or naturalisation under the provisions
of any other Constitution shall continue to be a citizen of
Nigeria under this Constitution.
Staff of legislative
house
310.
(1) Until
the National Assembly or a House of Assembly has exercised its
powers to initiate legislation in accordance with the provisions
of section 51 or 93 of this Constitution, the Clerk or other
staff of a legislative house shall be appointed, as respects
each House of the National Assembly by the Federal Civil Service
Commission, and as respects a House of Assembly by the State
Civil Service Commission.
(2) In exercising its powers under the provisions of this
section, the Federal Civil Service Commission shall consult,
as appropriate, the President of the Senate or the Speaker
of the House of the Representatives, and a State Civil Service
Commission shall consult the Speaker of the House of Assembly
of the State.
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311.
(1) The
provisions of this section shall have effect until the National
Assembly or a House of Assembly exercises the powers conferred
upon it by section 60 or 101 of this Constitution as appropriate.
(2) The Standing Orders of the Senate established under the
former Constitution shall apply in relation to the proceedings
in the Senate established under this Constitution.
(3) The Standing Orders of the House of Representatives established
under the former Constitution shall apply in relation to the
proceedings in the House of Representatives established under
this Constitution.
(4) The Standing Orders of a House of Assembly established
under the former Constitution shall apply in relation to a
House of Assembly of a State established under this Constitution.
(5) The Standing Orders of the former legislative houses
referred to in subsections (2), (3) and (4) of this section,
shall apply in relation to a legislative house with such modifications
as may be necessary to bring them into conformity with the
provisions of this Constitution.
(6) In this section, the "former Constitution" refers to
the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1979.
312.
(1) The
electoral commission established for the Federation under any
law in force immediately before the date when this section comes
into force shall be responsible for performing the functions
conferred on the Independent National Electoral Commission established
by the provisions of this Constitution.
(2) Any person who before the coming into force of this Constitution
was elected to any elective office mentioned in this Constitution
in accordance with the provisions of any law in force immediately
before the coming into force of this Constitution shall be
deemed to have been duly elected to that office under this
Constitution.
313. Pending any
Act of the National Assembly for the provision of a system of
revenue allocation between the Federation and the States, among
the States, between the States and local government councils
and among the local government councils in the States, the system
of revenue allocation in existence for the financial year beginning
from 1st January 1998 and ending on 31st December 1998 shall,
subject to the provisions of this Constitution and as from the
date when this section comes into force, continue to apply:
Provided that where
functions have been transferred under this Constitution from
the Government of the Federation to the States and from the
States to local government councils the appropriations in respect
of such functions shall also be transferred to the States and
the local government councils, as the case may require.
