The Nigeria (Electoral Provisions) Order in Council 1958
WHEREAS it is proposed that in due course there should be established for the Federation of Nigeria a House of Representatives (hereinafter referred to as "the proposed House of Representatives") containing three hundred and twenty elected members and it is expedient that the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Federation of Nigeria should be empowered to make provision for the election of those members: Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in that b...