Section 369 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria. Slave dealing

Any person who‐

(1) deals or trades in, purchases, sells, transfers or takes any slave;

(2) deals or trades in, purchases, sells, transfers or takes any person in order or so that such person should be held or treated as a slave;

(3) places or receives any person in servitude as a pledge or security for debt whether then due and owing, or to be incurred or contingent, whether under the name of a pawn or by whatever other name such person may be called or known;

(4) conveys or induces any person to come within the limits of Nigeria in order or so that such person should be held, possessed, dealt or traded in, purchased, sold, or transferred as a slave, or be placed in servitude as a pledge or security for debt;

(5) conveys or sends or induces any person to go out of the limits of Nigeria in order or so that such person should be possessed, dealt or traded in, purchased, sold, or transferred as a slave, or be placed in servitude as a pledge or security for debt;

(6) whether or not a citizen of Nigeria holds or possesses in Nigeria any person as a slave;

(7) enters into any contract or agreement with or without consideration for doing any of the acts or accomplishing any of the purposes herein above enumerated, is guilty of slave dealing and is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years.

Section 369 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria

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