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Article 52 — Declaration of assets and liabilities; oaths of members

Article
52
Chapter
CHAPTER V — The Legislature
Index row title
Declaration of assets and liabilities; oaths of members
Source document
nigerian constitution
Provision ID
0870504a-d590-4ed9-87fd-e7b9a026617f

183 words

Verbatim text

(1) Every member of the Senate or the House of Representatives shall, before taking his seat, declare his assets and liabilities as The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Updated with the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Alterationsprescribed in this Constitution and subsequently take and subscribe the Oath of Allegiance and the oath of membership as prescribed in the Seventh Schedule to this Constitution before the President of the Senate or, as the case may be, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, but a member may before taking the oaths take part in the election of a President and a Deputy President of the Senate, as the case may be, or a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. [Seventh Schedule] (2) The President and Deputy President of the Senate and the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives shall declare their assets and liabilities as prescribed in this Constitution and subsequently take and subscribe the Oath of Allegiance and the oath of membership prescribed as aforesaid before the Clerk of the National Assembly.

What this means

  • The index files this text under article 52 of the Constitution of Nigeria.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER V — The Legislature”.
  • The row is titled “Declaration of assets and liabilities; oaths of members”.
  • The passage runs to about 183 words.
  • Read plainly, it mentions assembly and association — it protects gathering together or joining a group, union or party (the words used: “Assembly”).

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