NigeriaNG

Article 99 — Unqualified person sitting or voting

Article
99
Chapter
CHAPTER V — The Legislature
Index row title
Unqualified person sitting or voting
Source document
nigerian constitution
Provision ID
135b2ed1-f8ef-45c5-805f-0f0bc40e4d65

52 words

Verbatim text

Any person who sits or votes in a House of Assembly of a State knowing or having reasonable grounds for knowing that he is not entitled to do so commits an offence and is liable on conviction to such punishment as shall be prescribed by a Law of the House of Assembly.

What this means

  • The index files this text under article 99 of the Constitution of Nigeria.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER V — The Legislature”.
  • The row is titled “Unqualified person sitting or voting”.
  • The passage runs to about 52 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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Constitution of Nigeria, article 99 (“Unqualified person sitting or voting”), Portable Lawyer, https://www.portablelawyer.app/provision/135b2ed1-f8ef-45c5-805f-0f0bc40e4d65 (accessed 25 October 2026).

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