Supplement to Official Gazette Extraordinary No. 41, Vol. 53,22ndApril,




  THE OATHS ACT (TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS) DECREE 1966




                              Decree No. 27

                                                      [17th January 1966]      Commences
                                                                               ment.


        THE FEDERAL MILITARY GOVERNMENT hereby decrees as
follows :—                                               .
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     1. All functions conferred on the President by the Oaths Act 1963
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                                                                       shall   Vesting of
                                                                               functi
vest in the Head of the Federal Military Government; and accordingly           underOaths
section 12 (3) of the Constitution (Suspension and Modification) Decree 1966   Act 1963 in
                                 :
shall not apply to any such function.       .                                  Head
                                                                               Fedorof
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                                                                               Military
                                                                               Govern-
                                                                               ment.
                                                                               1963 No. 23,
                                                                               1966 No. 1,
    2. This Decree may be cited as the Oaths Act (Transfer of Functions)       Citation,
Decree. 1966, shall apply throughout Nigeria, and shall be deemed to have      extent and
comeinto force on 17th January 1966.                                           ment.
                                                                               commence-




    Datepat Lagosthis 20th day of April 1966.




                                    Major-Generat J. T. U. Acury1-Ironst,
                                    Head of the Federal Military Government,
                                    Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces,
                                          Federal Republic of Nigeria

  PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE FEDERAL MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA
 - AND PRINTED BY THE MINISTRY OFINFORMATION, PRINTING Division, Lacos