Section 345 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria. Sending unseaworthy ship to sea

(1) Any person who sends or attempts to send or is party to sending or attempting to send a Nigerian ship to sea in such an unseaworthy state that the life of any person is likely to be thereby endangered, is guilty of a misdemeanor, unless he proves either that he used all reasonable means to insure her being sent to sea in a seaworthy state, or that her going to sea in such an unseaworthy state was in the circumstances reasonable and justifiable.

[L.N. 112 of 1964.]

(2) The master of a Nigerian ship who knowingly takes the same to sea in such an unseaworthy state that the life of any person is likely to be thereby endangered, is guilty of a misdemeanor, unless he proves that her going to sea in such an unseaworthy state was in the circumstances reasonable and justifiable.

(3) Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under this section of this Code is liable to imprisonment for two years.

(4) A prosecution shall not be instituted in respect of an offence under this section of this Code otherwise than by or with the consent of a law officer.

Section 345 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria

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