Part 3 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria. OFFENCES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF LAW AND JUSTICE AND AGAINST PUBLIC AUTHORITY

• Chapter 11. Disclosure of official secrets and abstracting document

  • Section 89. (Deleted by No. 31 of 1941).

  • Section 90. (Deleted by No. 31 of 1941).

  • Section 91. (Deleted by No. 31 of 1941).

  • Section 92. (Deleted by No. 31 of 1941).

  • Section 93. (Deleted by No. 31 of 1941).

  • Section 94. (Deleted by No. 31 of 1941).

  • Section 95. (Deleted by No. 31 of 1941).

  • Section 96. (Deleted by No. 31 of 1941).

  • Section 97. Disclosure of official secrets
• Chapter 12. Corruption and abuse of office
  • Section 98. Official corruption: public official inviting bribes, etc., on account of own actions
  • Section 98A. Official corruption: person giving bribes, etc., on account of actions of public official
  • Section 98B. Official corruption: person inviting bribes, etc., on account of actions of public official
  • Section 98C. Restrictions on arrest and prosecution of judicial officers for offences under sections 98 to 98B
  • Section 98D. Meaning of "public official" in sections 98 to 98B
  • Section 99. Extortion by public officers

  • Section 100. (Deleted by 1966 No. 84).

  • Section 101. Public officers interested in contracts
  • Section 102. Officers charged with administration of property of a special character or with special duties
  • Section 103. False claims by officials
  • Section 104. Abuse of office
  • Section 105. False certificates by public officers
  • Section 106. Administering extra‐judicial oaths
  • Section 107. False assumption of authority
  • Section 108. Personating public officers
  • Section 109. Personating members of armed forces or police
  • Section 110. Unlawfully wearing the uniform of the armed forces
  • Section 111. Selling, etc., uniform, etc., to unauthorised persons
• Chapter 13. Selling and trafficking in offices
  • Section 112. Bargaining for offices in public service
• Chapter 14. Offences relating to the administration of justice
  • Section 113. Definition of judicial proceeding

  • Section 114. (Deleted by 1966 No. 84).

  • Section 115. (Deleted by 1966 No. 84).

  • Section 116. (Deleted by 1966 No. 84).

  • Section 117. Perjury
  • Section 118. Punishment of perjury
  • Section 119. Evidence on charge of perjury
  • Section 120. Fabricating evidence
  • Section 121. Corruption of witnesses
  • Section 122. Deceiving witnesses
  • Section 123. Destroying evidence
  • Section 124. Preventing witnesses from attending
  • Section 125. Conspiracy to bring false accusation
  • Section 125A. Making false statement to public officers with intent
  • Section 126. Perverting justice
  • Section 127. Compounding felonies
  • Section 128. Compounding penal actions
  • Section 129. Advertising a reward for the return of stolen or lost property
  • Section 130. Delay to take person arrested before a court
  • Section 131. Bringing fictitious action on penal Act, law or statute
  • Section 132. Inserting advertisement without authority of court
  • Section 133. Contempt of court
• Chapter 15. Escapes; rescues; obstructing officers of court
  • Section 134. Rescue
  • Section 135. Escape
  • Section 136. Aiding prisoners to escape
  • Section 137. Permitting escape
  • Section 138. Negligently permitting escape
  • Section 139. Prison officers accessory to breaches of discipline

  • Section 140. (Repealed by 1972 No.9).

  • Section 141. (Repealed by 1972 No.9).

  • Section 142. (Repealed by 1972 No.9).

  • Section 143. Rescuing insane persons
  • Section 144. Removing, etc., property under lawful seizure
  • Section 145. Obstructing officers of courts of justice
• Chapter 16. Offences relating to the currency
  • Section 146. Interpretation
  • Section 147. Counterfeiting gold and silver coin
  • Section 148. Preparation for coining gold and silver coin
  • Section 148A. Unlawful inquiries with the object of making counterfeit coins
  • Section 149. Clipping
  • Section 150. Possession of clippings
  • Section 151. Uttering counterfeit current gold or silver coin
  • Section 152. Repeated uttering of counterfeit current gold or silver coin, or possession of several such coins
  • Section 153. Offences after previous conviction
  • Section 154. Counterfeiting nickel coin
  • Section 155. Uttering base nickel coin
  • Section 156. Defacing coin by stamping words thereon
  • Section 157. Uttering foreign coin, medals, etc., as current coin with intent to defraud
  • Section 158. Exporting counterfeit current coin
  • Section 159. Unlawfully importing counterfeit coin
  • Section 160. Tender of defaced coin not legal tender: penalty for uttering
  • Section 160A. Making, issue and circulation of promissory notes payable to bearer on demand, without authority
  • Section 160B. Portrayal of Nigerian notes and coins
• Chapter 17. Offences relating to posts and telecommunications
  • Section 161. Stopping mails
  • Section 162. Intercepting telegrams or postal matter
  • Section 163. Tampering with telegrams or postal matter
  • Section 164. Obtaining telegrams or postal matter by false pretences
  • Section 165. Obtaining telegrams or postal matter by false pretences
  • Section 166. Secreting letters and telegrams
  • Section 167. Fraudulent issue of money orders and postal orders
  • Section 168. Fraudulent messages respecting money orders
  • Section 169. Unlawful franking of letters
  • Section 170. Sending dangerous or obscene things by post
  • Section 171. Retarding delivery of telegrams or postal matter
  • Section 172. Obstructing mails
  • Section 173. Penalty on loitering, carelessness in delivery of mails, etc.
  • Section 174. Fraudulently removing stamps
  • Section 175. Fraudulent evasion of postal laws
  • Section 176. Carrying letters otherwise than by post
  • Section 177. Illegally making of postal envelopes or setting up post office or office for sale of stamp, or imitating post office
  • Section 178. Destroying or damaging letter box
  • Section 179. Placing injurious substances in or against letter box
  • Section 180. Defacing post office or letter box
  • Section 181. Obstructing post and telegraph offices
  • Section 182. Obstructing post and telegraph officers in the execution of duty
  • Section 183. Contravening exclusive privilege of the Nigerian Postal Services Department

  • Section 184. (Deleted by 1975 No. 30).

  • Section 185. (Deleted by 1975 No. 30).

  • Section 186. Negligently injuring telegraphs
  • Section 187. Violation of secrecy
  • Section 188. Resisting officers
  • Section 189. Laying property in postal matter and telegraph works
• Chapter 18. Miscellaneous offences against public authority
  • Section 190. False declaration as to execution of sentence of death
  • Section 190A. False statements in application for passports
  • Section 191. False statements in statements required to be under oath or solemn declaration
  • Section 192. False declarations and statements
  • Section 193. Evidence
  • Section 194. Shooting at customs boats or officers
  • Section 195. Resisting officers engaged in preventing smuggling
  • Section 196. Resisting customs officers
  • Section 197. Resisting public officers
  • Section 198. Refusal by public officer to perform duty
  • Section 199. Neglect of peace officer to suppress riot
  • Section 200. Neglect to aid in suppressing riot
  • Section 201. Neglect to aid in arresting offenders
  • Section 202. Disobedience to Act, law, or statute
  • Section 203. Disobedience to lawful order issued by constituted authority

Part 3 Criminal Code Act