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The Nigerian Criminal Code is the apex codified law in Nigeria for criminal investigation, trial and punishment of criminals. It is derived from the Nigeria Criminal Code Act 1916, [1] Nigeria Penal Code Act 1960 [2] and other criminal laws enacted by Nigerian Parliament from time to time. The latest consolidated version of the code is ...
Section 204 of Nigeria's Criminal Code is entitled "insult to religion". The section states: Any person who does an act which any class of persons consider as a public insult on their religion, with the intention that they should consider the act such an insult, and any person who does an unlawful act with the knowledge that any class of persons will consider it such an insult, is guilty of a ...
National Electric Power Authority (Amendment) Act 1998. No. 29. 4th National Assembly: 1999 - 2003. Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 [31] The Criminal Code Act [32] The Penal Code; The Child Right act 2003; National Electric Power Authority Act 2004. Electric Power Sector Reform (EPSR) Act 2005. No. 6. 5th National Assembly ...
The death penalty is authorized by Section 33 of the Constitution of Nigeria. [2] Capital crimes are defined under several laws, namely The Criminal Code Act LFN (Laws of the Federation of Nigeria) 1990 (which is almost impari materia with the various Criminal Code laws in the Southern part of Nigeria), The Penal Code Act LFN 1990 (impari materia with the Penal Code operational in the various ...
Criminal Code Amendment Bill; The bill proposes amendments to the Criminal Code Act, including the reclassification of suicide attempts as mental health issues. National Gaming Bill; This bill seeks to repeal the National Lottery Act and enact the National Gaming Act to regulate gaming operations and enhance revenue generation.
These laws were based on the British criminal code, which had been influenced by Victorian morality. The most notable of these laws was the Criminal Code Act of 1916, which made it a crime for "any person who has carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature". [6] These laws were retained after Nigeria gained independence in 1960 ...
Section 9(8) of The National Criminal Procedure (Code) Act, 2017 states : "If the police is not available for the time being at the time of commission of any offence, any person who is present at the time of commission of that offence or who is eye witness thereto may prevent the person committing such offence from going away or escaping and ...
This is by virtue of section 24 of the same Code which in defining criminal responsibility did not use these Latin expressions. Therefore, under the Criminal Code where a prohibited act results from the voluntary and intentional act of the perpetrator there is responsibility for the commission of such prohibited act. [43]