Reference of questions of law

Section 295(2) · 1999 Constitution (2004 edition)

What Constitution says

(2) Where any question as to the interpretation or application of this constitution arises in any proceedings in the Federal High Court or a High Court, and the court is of opinion that the question involves a substantial question of law, the court may, and shall if any party to the proceedings so requests, refer the question to the Court of Appeal; and where any question is referred in pursuance of this subsection, the court shall give its decision upon the question and the court in which the question arose sh all dispose of the case in accordance with that decision.

This is the 1999 Constitution as published in 2004. Later amendments aren't included yet, so a section may have changed since.

Original source

Official Gazette · CFRN 1999 official PDF · printed page 121–122. Original document

Release: draft-c8d50d87fae9. Source scope, review and corrections