Any person who by means of any fraudulent trick or device obtains from any other person anything capable of being stolen, or induces any other person to deliver to any person anything capable of being stolen or to pay or deliver to any person any money or goods, or any greater sum of money or greater quantity of goods than he would have paid or delivered but for such trick or device, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is liable to imprisonment for two years.
A person found committing the offence may be arrested without warrant.
Section 421 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria
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