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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/57/section/2</dc:identifier><dc:title>Nigeria Republic Act 1963</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to make provision as to the operation of the law in relation to Nigeria as a Republic within the Commonwealth.</dc:description><dc:date>1978-02-01</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2011-05-26</dc:modified><dct:valid>1991-02-01</dct:valid>
					
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