The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal has directed the House Committee on Justice to liaise with the Institute of Legislative Studies and the Law Reform Commission to ensure that all outdated laws in the the Sales of Goods Act 1893, that are still being practised in the country are updated.
The Speaker gave the directive during the consideration of a bill seeking to repeal and re-enact a 120 year old law; sales of Goods Act 1893.
The bill for an Act to repeal the sales of Goods Act 1893 and re-enact the sales of Goods Bill 2013 is to provide for regulation of sales of Goods in Nigeria.
Leading debate on the general principles of the bill, the Chairman of the House Committee on Justice, Representative Ali Ahmed informed the House that the law was outdated, having been enacted in Britain in 1893.
He argued that the amendment would remove all reference to British authority and incorporate the powers of the Nigeria Import Export Corporation while making the ambiguous law simpler for judges to interpret.
The bill was referred to the committees on Commerce and Justice.