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17.

Kinds of punishment.

18.

Caning for male persons under seventeen.

19.

Forfeiture of bribes.

20.

Forfeiture of property used in postal offences.

21.

Prerogative.

22.

Ignorance of Law.

23.

Bonafide claim of right.

24.

Intention: motive.

25.

Mistake of fact.

26.

Extraordinary emergencies.

27.

Presumption of sanity.

28.

Insanity.

29.

Intoxication.

30.

Immature age.

31.

Justification and excuse: compulsion.

32.

Justification and excuse: compulsion.

33.

Compulsion of husband.

34.

35.

Offences by partners and members of companies with respect to partnership or corporate property.

36.

Liability of husband and wife for offences committed by either with respect to the other's property.

37.

Treason.

38.

Instigating invasion of Nigeria.

39.

Provision as to juvenile offenders and pregnant women.

40.

Concealment of treason.

41.

Treasonable felonies.

42.

Promoting inter communal war.

43.

Time for proceeding in cases of treason, concealment of treason, or promoting inter communal war.

44.

Inciting to mutiny.

45.

Aiding and inciting to mutinous acts, or disobedience of members of armed forces or policemen.

46.

Inducing such persons to desert.

46A.

Causing disaffection among members of armed forces, police or prison officers.

47.

Effect of proceeding under sections 44 and 45.

48.

Assisting or allowing escape of prisoners of war.

49.

Overt act.

49A.

Death penalty for treachery.

49B

. Joinder of charges and place of trial of offences.

49C.

Extent of Chapter.

49D.

50.

Interpretation.

51.

Offences.

52.

Legal proceedings, Evidence.

53.

Unlawful oaths to commit capital offences.

54.

Other unlawful oaths to commit offences.

55.

Compulsion: how far a defence.

56.

Effect of prosecution.

57.

Unlawful drilling.

58.

Power to prohibit importation of publications.

(6) Offences.

(8) Delivery of prohibited publication to police and administrative officers.

(9) Power to examine packages.

61.

Interference with executive or legislative power.

62.

Definition of society and unlawful society.

62A.

Unlawful societies in a State.

63.

Managing an unlawful society.

Members of unlawful society: persons permitting an unlawful society to meet on their premises.

65.

Provisions relating to prosecutions for offences under sections 63 and 64.

Powers of peace officers in relation to unlawful societies.

67.

Disposition of property of society declared to be an unlawful society.

68.

69.

Definitions: Unlawful assembly. Riot.

70.

Punishment of unlawful assembly.

71.

72.

Making proclamation for rioters to disperse.

73.

Dispersion of rioters after proclamation made.

74.

75.

Preventing or obstructing the making of proclamation.

76.

Rioters demolishing buildings, machinery, railway, etc.

Rioters injuring buildings, machinery, railway, etc.

78.

Smuggling or rescuing goods under arms.

79.

Smuggling under arms or in disguise.

80.

81.

Forcible entry.

82.

Forcible detainer.

83.

Affray.

84.

Challenge to fight a duel.

85.

Prize fight.

86.

Threatening violence.

87.

Assembling for the purpose of smuggling.

88.

Provoking breach of peace by offensive publication.

112.

Bargaining for offices in public service.

113.

Definition of judicial proceeding.

116

Deleted by 1966 No. 84.

117.

Perjury.

118.

Punishment of perjury.

119.

Evidence on charge of perjury.

120.

Fabricating evidence.

121.

Corruption of witnesses.

122.

Deceiving witnesses.

123.

Destroying evidence.

124.

Preventing witnesses from attending.

125.

Conspiracy to bring false accusation.

125A.

Making false statement to public officers with intent.

126.

Perverting justice.

127.

Compounding felonies.

128.

129.

Advertising a reward for the return of stolen or lost property.

130.

Delay to take person arrested before a court.

131.

Bringing fictitious action on penal Act, Law or Statute.

132.

Inserting advertisement without authority of court.

133.

Contempt of court.

134.

Rescue.

135.

Escape.

136.

Aiding prisoners to escape.

137.

Permitting escape.

138.

Negligently permitting escape.

139.

Prison officers accessory to breaches of discipline.

146.

Interpretation.

147.

Counterfeiting gold and silver coin.

148.

Preparation for coining gold and silver coin.

148A.

Unlawful inquiries with the object of making counterfeit coins.

149.

150.

151.

152.

Repeated uttering of counterfeit current gold or silver coin, or possession of several such coins.

153.

Offences after previous conviction.

154.

Counterfeiting nickel coin.

155.

Uttering base nickel coin.

156.

Defacing coin by stamping words thereon.

157.

Uttering foreign coin, medals, etc., as current coin with intent to defaud.

158.

Exporting counterfeit current coin.

159.

Unlawfully importing counterfeit coin.

160.

Tender of defaced coin not legal tender: penalty for uttering.

160A.

Making, issue and circulation of promissory notes payable to bearer on demand, without authority.

160B.

161.

Stopping mails.

162.

Intercepting telegrams or postal matter.

163.

Tampering with telegrams or postal matter.

164.

Wilful misdelivery of telegrams or postal matter.

165.

Obtaining telegrams or postal matter by false pretences.

166.

Secreting letters and telegrams.

167.

Fraudulent issue of money orders and postal orders.

168.

Fraudulent messages respecting money orders.

169.

170.

Sending dangerous or obscene things by post.

171.

Retarding delivery of telegrams or postal matter.

172.

Obstructing mails.

173.

Penalty on loitering, carelessness in delivery of mails, etc.

174.

175.

177.

Illegally making postal envelopes or setting up post office or office for sale of stamps, or imitating post office.

178.

179.

Placing injurious substances in or against letter box.

180.

Defacing post office or letter box.

181.

Obstructing post and telegraph offices.

182.

Obstructing post and telegraph officers in the execution of duty.

183.

Contravening exclusive privilege of the Nigerian Postal Services Department.

185.

186.

Negligently injuring telegraphs.

187.

Violation of secrecy.

188.

Resisting officers.

189.

Laying property in postal matter and telegraph works.

190.

190A.

False statements in application for passports.

191.

False statements in statements required to be under oath or solemn declaration.

192.

False declarations and statements.

193.

194.

Shooting at customs boats or officers.

195.

Resisting officers engaged in preventing smuggling.

196.

197.

198.

Refusal by public officer to perform duty.

199.

Neglect of peace officer to suppress riot.

200.

201.

Neglect to aid in arresting offenders.

202.

Disobedience to Act, Law, or Statute.

203.

Disobedience to lawful order issued by constituted authority.

204.

Insult to a religion.

205.

Offering violence to officiating ministers of religion.

206.

Disturbing religious worship.

207.

Unlawful trial by ordeal: prohibited juju.

208.

Directing, etc., unlawful trial by ordeal.

209.

Being present at, or making poison for unlawful trial by ordeal.

210.

Offences in relation to witchcraft and juju.

211.

Chiefs permitting unlawful ordeal and prohibited juju worship.

212.

Destruction of place where unlawful ordeal or prohibited juju worship is held.

213.

Criminal charms.

214.

Unnatural offences.

215.

Attempt to commit unnatural offences.

216.

Indecent treatment of boys under fourteen.

217.

Indecent practices between males.

218.

Defilement of girls under thirteen.

219.

Householder permitting defilement of young girls on his premises.

220.

Defence to charge under preceding section.

221.

Defilement of girls under sixteen and above thirteen, and of idiots.

222.

Indecent treatment of girls under sixteen.

222A.

Causing or encouraging the seduction or prostitution of a girl under sixteen.

222B.

Allowing persons under sixteen to be in brothels.

222c.

Restriction on defence of reasonable belief.

223.

Procuring defilement of woman by threats or fraud, or administering drugs.

225.

Abduction of girl under eighteen with intent to have carnal knowledge.

225A.

Persons trading in prostitution.

225B.

Keeping a brothel.

226.

Unlawful detention with intent to defile, or in a brothel.

227.

Conspiracy to defile.

228.

Attempts to procure abortion.

229.

Attempt to procure own miscarriage.

230.

Supplying drugs or instruments to procure abortion.

231.

Indecent acts.

232.

Repealed-by 1961 No. 51.

233.

Knowledge of age immaterial.

233A.

Deportation of non-citizens of Nigeria.

233B.

Interpretation.

233C.

Test of obscenity.

233D.

Prohibition of publication of obscene matter.

233E.

Power of search and seizure.

233F.

Defence of public good.

234.

Common nuisances.

235.

Repealed by No. 20 of 1944.

236.

Gaming houses.

(2)

Obstructing entry of Police to be evidence of unlawful gaming.

238.

239.

140.

Definitions: Lottery: lottery ticket: public lottery.