Section 2, The National Civil Registration Act, 2016

(1) There is hereby established a body to be known asthe National Civil Registration Authority. (2) The Authority shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and capable of acquiring, holding and disposing of property, whether movable or immovable, and of suing and being sued in its corporate name and, subject to this Act, of performing all such acts as bodies corporate may by law perform. (3) The Authority shall have a common seal, the use of which shall be authenticated by the signature of- (a) the Chairman or other member of the Board authorised either generally or specially by the Board in that behalf; and (b) the Director-General or other officer of the Authority authorised by the Board for that purpose. (4) Every document purporting to be an instrument executed or issued by or on behalf of the Authority and to be sealed with the common seal of the Authority authenticated in the manner stated in subsection (3) shall be deemed to be so executed or issued without further proof, unless the contrary is proved.