If a lawyer is acting in his capacity as a legal practitioner, legal officer or adviser of any government department or ministry or corporation, it is forbidden for him to sign or file a legal document that does not possess the seal and stamp of the Nigerian Bar Association.
As such, before a layer can file or sign any legal document, he must affix on such document the seal and stamp of the Nigerian Bar Association.
Any legal document filed or signed by a legal practitioner should possess the seal and stamp of the Nigeria Bar Association.
See Section 10(1) of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners. >>> Click here <<<
