A    Bill     For     An  act  to  provide  for  the  prohibition,  prevention,  detection,  response,  investigation  and  prosecution  of   cybercrimes;  and  for  other  related  matters,  2015.       1.   2.     3.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        {                                    Commencement.                   }     ENACTED  by  the  National  Assembly  of  the  Federal  Republic  of  Nigeria  as  follows:       PART  I  -­‐  OBJECT  AND  APPLICATION       Objectives.   The  objectives  of  this  Act  are  to  –       (a)  provide  an  effective  and  unified  legal,  regulatory  and  institutional  framework  for   the   prohibition,   prevention,   detection,   prosecution   and   punishment   of   cybercrimes   in  Nigeria;     (b)  ensure  the  protection  of  critical  national  information  infrastructure;  and     (c)  promote  cyber  security  and  the  protection  of  computer  systems  and  networks,   electronic  communications,  data  and  computer  programs,  intellectual  property  and   privacy  rights.     Application.   The  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  apply  throughout  the  Federal  Republic  of  Nigeria.     PART  II  -­‐  PROTECTION  OF  CRITICAL  NATIONAL  INFORMATION  INFRASTRUCTURE       (1)   The   President   may   on   the   recommendation   of   the   National   Security   Adviser,   by   Designation  of   Order  published  in  the  Federal  Gazette,  designate  certain  computer  systems,  and/or   certain   computer   networks,   whether   physical   or   virtual,   and/or   the   computer   programs,   computer   systems  or   data  and/or  traffic  data  vital  to  this  country  that  the  incapacity  or  destruction  of  or   networks  as   interference   with   such   system   and   assets   would   have   a   debilitating   impact   on   critical  national   security,   national   or   economic   security,   national   public   health   and   safety,   or   any   information   combination   of   those   matters   as   constituting   Critical   National   Information   infrastructure.     Infrastructure.         (2)   The   Presidential   Order   made   under   subsection   (1)   of   this   section   may   prescribe   minimum  standards,  guidelines,  rules  or  procedure  in  respect  of  -­‐       (a)  the  protection  or  preservation  of  critical  information  infrastructure;       (b)  the  general  management  of  critical  information  infrastructure;       (c)  access  to,  transfer  and  control  of  data  in  any  critical  information  infrastructure;