Section 6 of the Legal Practitioners Act: Privilege of Law Officers (Nigeria Lawyers)
Citation: Legal Practitioners Act 1975, Chapter L11 (Cap. L11), Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004
6. Privilege of Law Officers
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act but subject as provided in section 8(4) and the First Schedule hereto, all courts of law in Nigeria before which legal practitioners are entitled to appear shall accord to every law officer specified in this section, the following rights and privileges, that is to say —
(a) the exclusive right to sit in the inner bar or, where no facilities exist for an inner bar, on the front row of seats available for legal practitioners; and
(b) the right to mention any motion in which he is appearing or any other cause or matter which is on the list for mention and not otherwise listed for hearing out of its turn on the cause list.
(2) The law officers to whom this section applies are the Attorney‐General of the Federation, the Attorney‐General of any State in the Federation and the Solicitor‐General of the Federation.
(3) The rights and privileges conferred on the law officers by subsection (1) of this section shall also be accorded to only Life Members of the Body of Benchers.
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