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Chapter 5 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria. 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

Chapter 5 Criminal Code Act

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