Paragraph 1
InterpretationIn this Schedule—
“Attorney-General” means the Attorney-General of the Federation and includes the Attorney-General of a State where the context admits;
“Civil Procedure Rules” means the civil procedure rules of the Federal High Court for the time being in force;
“election” means any election under this Act to which an election petition relates;
“registry” means a registry set up for an Election Tribunal established by the Constitution or this Act or the registry of the Court of Appeal;
“Secretary” means the Secretary of an Election Tribunal established by the Constitution or this Act and shall include the Registrar of the Court of Appeal or any officer or Clerk acting for him;
“Tribunal” means an Election Tribunal established under this Act or the Court of Appeal;
“tribunal notice board” means a notice board at the Registry or a notice board at the place of hearing where notice of presentation of election petition or notice of hearing an election petition or any other notice may be given or posted.
i. This paragraph seeks to educate readers on the key and important words or phrases used in the First Schedule to the Electoral Act, 2022.
ii. It defines or interprets keywords/phrases mentioned in the First Schedule to the Electoral Act, 2022 such as Attorney-General, Civil Procedure Rules, Election, Registry, Secretary, Tribunal and Tribunal Notice Board.
iii. A Tribunal or Court faced with the duty of interpreting any of the words or phrases mentioned in the said Section can easily fall back to the definitions in the Section.
