Section 366 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria. Compelling action by intimidation

Subject to the provisions of the Trade Unions Act, any person who, with intent to prevent or hinder any other person from doing any act which he is lawfully entitled to do, or with intent to compel him to do any act which he is lawfully entitled to abstain from doing, or to abstain from doing any act which he is lawfully entitled to do‐

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(a) threatens such other person with injury to his person, reputation, or property, or to the person, reputation, or property of anyone in whom he is interested; or

(b) persistently follows such other person about from place to place; or

(c) hides any tools, clothes, or other property owned or used by such other person, or deprives him of or hinders him in the use thereof; or

(d) watches or besets the house or other place where such other person resides, or works, or carries on business, or happens to be, or the approach to such house or place; or

(e) follows such other person with two or more other persons in a disorderly manner in or through any street or road; or

(f) induces or attempts to induce that person to believe that he, or any person in whom he is interested, will become an object of displeasure to the Government of Nigeria or to any person employed in the public service of Nigeria,

is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for one year. 367. Compelling action by assault

Any person who, with any of the intents in section 366 of this Code mentioned, assaults any other person or anyone in whom he is interested, is guilty of a felony and liable to imprisonment for five years.

Section 366 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria

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