NigeriaNG

Article 247 — Constitution

Article
247
Chapter
CHAPTER VII — The Judicature
Index row title
Constitution
Source document
nigerian constitution
Provision ID
250f440f-13e9-4c69-8b2a-d9cf536be580

171 words

Verbatim text

(1) For the purpose of exercising any jurisdiction conferred upon it by this Constitution or any other law, the Court of Appeal shall be duly constituted if it consists of not less than three Justices of the Court of Appeal and in the case of appeals from – (a) a Sharia Court of Appeal, if it consists of not less than three Justices of the Court of Appeal learned in Islamic personal law; and (b) a Customary Court of Appeal, if it consists of not less than three Justices of Court of Appeal learned in Customary law. [Section 246 is substituted by Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria (Second Alteration Act) 2010] The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Updated with the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Alterations248. Practice and procedure Subject to the provisions of any Act of the National Assembly, the President of the Court of Appeal may make rules for regulating the practice and procedure of the Court of Appeal. C - The Federal High Court

What this means

  • The index files this text under article 247 of the Constitution of Nigeria.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER VII — The Judicature”.
  • The row is titled “Constitution”.
  • The passage runs to about 171 words.
  • Read plainly, it mentions assembly and association — it protects gathering together or joining a group, union or party (the words used: “Assembly”).

This is a mechanical reading aid generated from the text above by matching words in it. It is not legal advice, not a lawyer’s interpretation, and not a substitute for the provision itself.

How to cite this

Constitution of Nigeria, article 247 (“Constitution”), Portable Lawyer, https://www.portablelawyer.app/provision/250f440f-13e9-4c69-8b2a-d9cf536be580 (accessed 25 October 2026).

Canonical URL: https://www.portablelawyer.app/provision/250f440f-13e9-4c69-8b2a-d9cf536be580

Accessed 25 October 2026.

Link to the canonical URL above, not to a #section-… fragment on the jurisdiction page — the fragment is a scroll position, this URL is the provision.

Machine-readable versions