Copyright Act, 2022

Nigeria Coat of Arms

PART I —OBJECTIVES, SCOPE AND SUBSISTENCE OF COPYRIGHT

Ineligibility for copyright.

3. The following shall not be eligible for copyright —

(a) ideas, procedures, processes, formats, systems, methods of operation, concepts, principles, discoveries or mere data ;

(b) official texts of a legislative or administrative nature as well as any official translations, except their compilations ; and

(c) official state symbols and insignia, including flags, coat-of-arms, anthems, and banknote designs.