Section 26 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria. Extraordinary emergencies

Subject to the express provisions of this Code relating to acts done upon compulsion or provocation or in self‐defence, a person is not criminally responsible for an act done or omission made under such circumstances of sudden or extraordinary emergency that an ordinary person possessing ordinary power of self‐control could not reasonably be expected to act otherwise.

Section 26 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria

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