Part 1 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria. Introductory INTERPRETATION: APPLICATION: GENERAL PRINCIPLES

• Chapter 1. Interpretation
  • Section 1. Interpretation
  • Section 2. Definition of offence
  • Section 3. Division of offences
  • Section 4. Attempts to commit offences
  • Section 5. Arrest without warrant
  • Section 6. Carnal knowledge
• Chapter 2. Parties to offences
  • Section 7. Principal offenders
  • Section 8. Offences committed in prosecution of common purpose
  • Section 9. Mode of execution immaterial
  • Section 10. Accessories after the fact
• Chapter 3. Application of Criminal Law
  • Section 10A. Interpretation
  • Section 11. Effect of changes in law
  • Section 12. Application of code as to offences wholly or partially committed in Nigeria
  • Section 12A. Offences against laws of a State
  • Section 13. Offences procured or counselled by persons out of Nigeria
  • Section 13A. Offences against State laws procured, etc., outside the State
  • Section 14. Offences procured in Nigeria to be committed out of Nigeria
  • Section 14A. Offences procured in the State to be committed out of the State
  • Section 15. Armed forces and police forces

  • Section 16. (Repealed by No. 43 of 1945).  

• Chapter 4. Punishments
  • Section 17. Kinds of punishments
  • Section 18. Caning for male persons under seventeen
  • Section 19. Forfeiture of bribes
  • Section 20. Forfeiture of property used in postal offences
  • Section 21. Prerogative
• Chapter 5. Criminal responsibility
  • Section 22. Ignorance of law
  • Section 23. Bona fide claim of right
  • Section 24. Intention: motive
  • Section 25. Mistake of fact
  • Section 26. Extraordinary emergencies
  • Section 27. Presumption of sanity
  • Section 28. Insanity
  • Section 29. Intoxication
  • Section 30. Immature age
  • Section 31. Judicial officers
  • Section 32. Justification and excuse: compulsion
  • Section 33. Compulsion of husband
  • Section 34. No conspiracy between husband and wife alone
  • Section 35. Offences by partners and members of companies with respect to partnership or corporate property
  • Section 36. Liability of husband and wife for offences committed by either with respect to the other's property

Part 1 Criminal Code Act