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Export (Prohibition) Act.

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Type of law
Legislation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
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Abstract
This Act absolutely prohibits the exportation of the goods specified in the Schedule to this Act, anything contained in the Customs Excise Tariff, etc. (Consolidation) Act or in any Act or other enactment notwithstanding. Any person who takes, causes to be taken, induces any other person to take or attempts to take out of Nigeria any of the goods specified in the Schedule to this Act shall be guilty of an offence. The Scheduled goods are: beans, cassava tuber, maize, rice, Yam tuber, all products or derivatives of these products, and all imported food items.
Long title of text
An Act to provide for the exportation of certain foodstuff from Nigeria and the trial of offenders by the Federal High Court.
Notes
Consolidated version of Act No. 7 of 1989 as amended by Decree No. 62 of 1999.
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No