Part 5 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria. Offences against the person and relating to marriage and parental rights and duties, and against the reputation of individuals

• Chapter 25. Assaults and violence to the person generally: justification and excuse
  • Section 252. Definition of assault
  • Section 253. Assaults unlawful
  • Section 254. Execution of sentence
  • Section 255. Execution of process
  • Section 256. Execution of warrant
  • Section 257. Erroneous sentence or process or warrant
  • Section 258. Sentence or process or warrant without jurisdiction
  • Section 259. Arrest of wrong person
  • Section 260. Irregular process or warrant
  • Section 261. Force used in executing process or in arrest

  • Section 262. (Repealed by No. 43 of 1945).

  • Section 263. (Repealed by No. 43 of 1945).

  • Section 264. (Repealed by No. 43 of 1945).

  • Section 265. (Repealed by No. 43 of 1945).

  • Section 266. (Repealed by No. 43 of 1945).

  • Section 267. (Repealed by No. 43 of 1945).

  • Section 268. (Repealed by No. 43 of 1945).

  • Section 269. (Repealed by No. 43 of 1945).

  • Section 270. (Repealed by No. 43 of 1945).

  • Section 271. Peace officer preventing escape from arrest
  • Section 272. Other cases of preventing escape from arrest
  • Section 273. Preventing escape or rescue after arrest

  • Section 274. (Repealed by No. 43 of 1945).

  • Section 275. Preventing a breach of the peace
  • Section 276. Suppression of riot
  • Section 277. Suppression of riot by peace officers
  • Section 278. Suppression of riot by person acting under lawful orders
  • Section 279. Suppression of riot by person acting without order in case of emergency
  • Section 280. Riot: persons subject to Military Law or members of the Police Forces
  • Section 281. Prevention of offences for which an offender may be arrested without warrant: prevention of violence by persons of unsound mind
  • Section 282. Defence of dwelling‐house
  • Section 283. Provocation
  • Section 284. Defence of provocation
  • Section 285. Prevention of repetition of insult
  • Section 286. Self‐defence against unprovoked assault
  • Section 287. Self‐defence against provoked assault
  • Section 288. Aiding in self‐defence
  • Section 289. Defence of movable property against trespassers
  • Section 290. Defence of movable property with claim of right
  • Section 291. Defence of movable property without claim of right
  • Section 292. Defence of premises against trespassers: removal of disorderly persons
  • Section 293. Defence of possession of real property or vessel with claim of right
  • Section 294. Exercise of right of way or easement
  • Section 295. Correction of child, servant, etc.
  • Section 296. Use of force for preserving order on board a vessel
  • Section 297. Surgical operations
  • Section 298. Excessive force
  • Section 299. Consent to death immaterial
• Chapter 26. Duties relating to the preservation of human life
  • Section 300. Duty to provide necessaries
  • Section 301. Duty of head of family
  • Section 302. Duty of masters
  • Section 303. Duty of persons doing dangerous acts
  • Section 304. Duty of persons in charge of dangerous things
  • Section 305. Duty to do certain acts
  • Section 305A. Breach of contract of person employed in certain services
• Chapter 27. Homicide; suicide; infanticide; concealment of birth; unlawful possession of human head
  • Section 306. Killing of a human being unlawful
  • Section 307. When a child becomes a human being
  • Section 308. Definition of killing
  • Section 309. Death by acts done at childbirth
  • Section 310. Causing death by threats
  • Section 311. Acceleration of death
  • Section 312. When injury or death might be prevented by proper precaution
  • Section 313. Injury causing death in consequence of subsequent treatment
  • Section 314. Limitation as to time of death
  • Section 315. Unlawful homicide
  • Section 316. Definition of murder
  • Section 317. Definition of manslaughter
  • Section 318. Killing on provocation
  • Section 319. Punishment of murder: provision for juveniles: provision for pregnant women
  • Section 320. Attempt to murder
  • Section 321. Attempt to murder by convict
  • Section 322. Accessory after the fact to murder
  • Section 323. Written threats to murder
  • Section 324. Conspiring to murder
  • Section 325. Punishment of manslaughter
  • Section 326. Aiding suicide
  • Section 327. Attempting to commit suicide
  • Section 327A. Offence of infanticide
  • Section 328. Killing unborn child
  • Section 329. Concealing the birth of children
  • Section 329A. Unlawful possession of human head
• Chapter 28. Offences endangering life or health
  • Section 330. Disabling in order to commit felony or misdemeanour
  • Section 331. Stupefying in order to commit felony or misdemeanour
  • Section 332. Acts intended to cause grievous harm or prevent arrest
  • Section 333. Preventing escape from wreck
  • Section 334. Intentionally endangering safety of person travelling by railway
  • Section 335. Grievous harm
  • Section 336. Attempting to injure by explosive substances
  • Section 337. Maliciously administering poison with intent to harm
  • Section 338. Wounding and similar acts
  • Section 339. Failure to supply necessaries
  • Section 340. Endangering life or health of apprentices or servants
  • Section 341. Abandoning or exposing children
  • Section 342. Setting man‐trap
  • Section 343. Reckless and negligent acts
  • Section 344. Negligent acts causing harm
  • Section 345. Sending unseaworthy ship to sea
  • Section 346. Endangering safety of persons travelling by railway
  • Section 347. Endangering steamships by tampering with machinery
  • Section 348. The like by engineers
  • Section 349. Evading laws as to shipping dangerous goods
  • Section 350. Landing, etc., explosives Any person who‐
• Chapter 29. Assaults
  • Section 351. Punishment of assault
  • Section 352. Assault with intent to commit unnatural offence
  • Section 353. Indecent assault on males
  • Section 354. Assaults on person protecting wrecks
  • Section 355. Assaults occasioning harm
  • Section 356. Serious assaults
• Chapter 30. Assaults on females: abduction
  • Section 357. Definition of rape
  • Section 358. Punishment of rape
  • Section 359. Attempt to commit rape
  • Section 360. Indecent assaults on females
  • Section 361. Abduction
  • Section 362. Abduction of girls under sixteen
  • Section 363. Ignorance of age of girl, or consent, no defence
• Chapter 31. Offences against liberty: slave dealing
  • Section 364. Kidnapping
  • Section 365. Deprivation of liberty
  • Section 366. Compelling action by intimidation
  • Section 368. Concealment of matters affecting liberty
  • Section 369. Slave dealing
• Chapter 32. Offences relating to marriage and parental rights and duties
  • Section 370. Bigamy
  • Section 371. Child‐stealing
  • Section 372. Desertion of children
• Chapter 33. Defamation
  • Section 373. Definition of defamatory matter
  • Section 374. Definition of publication
  • Section 375. Publication of defamatory matter
  • Section 376. Publishing defamatory matter with intent to extort
  • Section 377. Publication of truth for public benefit
  • Section 378. Cases in which publication is absolutely privileged
  • Section 379. Cases in which publication is conditionally privileged
  • Section 380. Publication in a periodical
  • Section 381. Protection of innocent sellers of books and newspapers

Part 5 Criminal Code Act