Nigerian Law Reform Commission × 2010 ×
NLRC Annual Report 2019
ADHOC Assignments
Project Details ADHOC Assignments: The members and legal officers of the Commission serve on various Committees set up by the Hon. Attorney-General among which are: National Committee on Corruption and other Economic Crimes. National Committee on Banking, Fraud and Financial Prac…
Reform of Family Law
Project Details Reform of Family Law: The project involves a re-visitation of the Commission’s Report on the Reform of the Marriage Act and new proposals for the reform of the law of family relations with a view to promoting family stability, and ultimately, the maintenance of st…
Revisit of Company and Allied Matters Act 1990
Project Details Revisit of Company and Allied Matters Act 1990: This Act has been in operation now for fourteen years and we believe that it is the catalyst for the growth of business in Nigeria. Consequently, the Act should not be allowed to lag behind in keeping with the needs…
Women’s Rights Act
Project Details Women’s Rights Act: The Commission is currently collaborating with other stake holders on a project on the legal reform and legal aid for the advancement of women in Nigeria. This project is under the guidance of the National Centre for Women Development and spons…
Reform of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal ACTs
Project Details Reform of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal ACTs: The Reform of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal ACT, CAP. C15, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and the Related Provisions of the Constitution. Reform of Tax Laws in Nigeria: The Companies Income…
Amendment to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1979
Project Details Amendment to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1979: Project reached an advanced stage, but was overtaken by the Constitution ( Suspension and Modification) Decree , 1984.
Insurance Act
Project Details Insurance Act: Very successful seminar held. Paper already published in Law Reform Journal 1986, No.5.
Labour Act
Project Details Labour Act: Working paper on workmen’s Compensation Act prepared and forwarded to the Hon. Attorney General for consideration and further directives. The recommendations were fully reflected in the Workmen’s Compensation Act 1983.
Criminal Justice
Project Details Criminal Justice: Working paper with draft Bill to eliminate certain delays in administration of Justice was prepared in 1981. Working paper prepared in 1981 on the desirability or other of uniform codes of criminal law and procedure. June 04, 2023 Sample Hard Cop…
Adoption of 1370 Federal Act in 28 Volumes
Project Details Adoption of 1370 Federal Act in 28 Volumes: Six volumes of Federal Act had already been adapted and submitted to the Hon. Attorney-General of the Federation. Others were in course of adaptation when this exercise was overtaken by the Commission(Suspension and Modi…
Reform of Provision Relating to Bail and Sentencing
Project Details Reform of Provision Relating to Bail and Sentencing: The Commission has embarked on the review and reform of the criminal procedure laws in Nigeria with the aim of eliminating delays in the entire criminal process and attendant prison congestion. The project is ex…
Prison
Project Details Prison Act: Report and draft Bills submitted to the Hon. Attorney-General of the Federation in December 1993.
Marriage Act
Project Details Marriage: Draft Bill presented to the Attorney-General of the Federation in October, 1980-draft Bill was shelved, in view of religious, feminist and other agitations.
Report on the Reform of the Evidence Act
Project Details Report on the Reform of the Evidence Act: The Report was first submitted to the Hon. Attorney-General in 1998. Though it was not implemented, the Commission again revisited the Report with a view to accommodating new developments. This culminated in the representa…
Report on the Reform of the Land Use Act
Project Details Report on the Reform of the Land Use Act: The Report was the result of widest possible consultation with experts in the filed, interested persons and relevant institution and organizations in both public and private sectors. In the Report which was submitted to th…
Child’s Right Act
Project Details Child’s Right Act: The Commission was represented on the three-man committee that drafted the Child’s Right Act. This Act was enacted into law by the National Assembly in 2004.
Report on the Reform of Industrial Property Law
Project Details Report on the Reform of Industrial Property Law: The Report was submitted to the Hon. Attorney-General in July 1991. The draft Act contained in Part B of the report deals with the establishment of an Industrial Property office, Patents, Utility Models, Industrial…
Reform of Intellectual Property Law
Report on the Nigerian Company Law
Project Details Report on the Nigerian Company Law: The Report submitted to the Hon. Attorney-General in 1982 consists of a draft Companies Act, a draft Business Names Act and a draft Incorporated Trustees Act. The three draft Acts were promulgated under one Enactment under the t…
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