7TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FIRST SESSION NO. 25 36 SENATE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ORDER PAPER Thursday 28th July, 2011 1. Prayers 2. Approval of the Votes and Proceedings 3. Oaths 4. Announcements (if any) 5. Petitions PRESENTATION OF BILLS 1. Trustee Investment Act No.16 1957 (Amendment) Bill 2011 (SB. 21) – First Reading Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba OFR, SAN, (Senate Leader) 2. National Inland Security Organisation (Est. etc) Bill 2011 (SB. 33) – First Reading Senator Hope Uzodinma (Imo West) 3. Electronic Transfer of Funds Crime Bill 2011 (SB. 35) – First Reading Senator Adegbenga S. Kaka (Ogun East) ORDERS OF THE DAY MOTION 1. Illegal Publication, Distribution and Sales of Laws Passed by the National Assembly: Sen. Paulinus N. Igweh (Ebonyi Central) Co-Sponsors: Sen. Abdullahi Adamu Sen. Hope Uzodinma Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, Sen. Abdulmumini M. Hassan Sen. Chris C. Nwankwo Sen. Mohammed Magoro Sen. Ifeanyi A. Okowa Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha Sen. Domingo Obende Sen. Emmanuel Paulker Sen. Ita S. J. Enang Sen. Barnabas Gemade Sen. Ibrahim Gobir Sen. Gbenga Obadara Sen. Clever Marcus Ikisikpo Sen. Ayogu Eze Sen. Mohammed D. Goje Sen. Robert A. Boroffice Sen. Joshua Dariye Sen. Nkechi Nwaogu Sen. Andy Uba Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe Sen. Philip Aduda Sen. Saidu A. Alkali Sen. Smart Adeyemi THE SENATE, NOTES with serious concern the illegal publications, distribution and sales of the laws passed by the National Assembly on the streets of Abuja and other parts of the country; PRINTED BY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESS, ABUJA 37 Thursday, 28th July, 2011 25 OBSERVES that as soon as the National Assembly passes a Bill and it is assented to by the President, C- in-C the next day you would see different versions of such an Act being hawked in major cities across the country, especially in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja; AWARE that before an Act of the National Assembly is made public it would have been duly gazetted which is a proof of the true copy; OBSERVES that section 5 of the Authentication Act Cap A2 LFN 2004 stipulates that the printing of any Act of the National Assembly shall be done by the Government printer who shall endorse on the back that it is published by authority; OBSERVES also that section 6 of the same Act stipulates that every Act of the National Assembly published by authority shall be received in a court and by all persons as sufficient evidence that it has been assented to in the President’s name; NOTES that in contravention of section 5 and 6 of the Authentication Act as cited above, some Nigerian publishers flood the streets of Nigeria with anonymous but fake copies of Laws passed by the National Assembly; WORRIED that some of the laws passed by the National Assembly that have been bastardized by these printers include 1999 Constitution (Amendments) as well as the Electoral Act Amendments Act 2010. Accordingly resolves to: i. CONDEMN the practice of illegal printing of the Laws passed by the National Assembly; and ii. URGE Mr. President, C-IN-C, to direct the Ministry of Justice to set in motion immediate steps to put an end to this illegal act. CONSIDERATION OF A BILL 1. A BILL for an Act to REPEAL the Chartered Institute of Stock Brokers Act. Cap C9 LFN 2004 and Provide for the Establishment of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment to Regulate and Control the Practice of Securities Dealings and Investment Profession and for Related Matters 2011 (SB. 6) – Second Reading Sen. Ganiyu O. Solomon (Lagos West) .