NigeriaNG
Article 279 — Practice and procedure
50 words
Verbatim text
Subject to provisions of any law made by the House of Assembly
of the State, the Grand Kadi of the Sharia Court of Appeal of the
State may make rules regulating the practice and procedure of the
Sharia Court of Appeal.
C - Customary Court of Appeal of a State
What this means
- The index files this text under article 279 of the Constitution of Nigeria.
- The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER VII — The Judicature”.
- The row is titled “Practice and procedure”.
- The passage runs to about 50 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 279 (“Practice and procedure”), Portable Lawyer, https://www.portablelawyer.app/provision/2c19096d-a73a-4702-8023-0cbfd93e1f7d (accessed 25 October 2026).
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