Section 453 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria. Attempts to injure mines

Any person who, with intent to injure a mine or to obstruct the working of a mine‐

(1) unlawfully, and otherwise than by an act done underground in the course of working an adjoining mine‐

(a) causes water to run into the mine or into any subterranean passage communicating with the mine; or

(b) obstructs any shaft or passage of the mine; or

(2) unlawfully obstructs the working of any machine, appliance, or apparatus, appertaining to or used with the mine, whether the thing in question is completed or not; or

(3) unlawfully and with intent to render it useless, injures or unfastens a rope, chain, or tackle of whatever material, which is used in the mine or upon any way or work appertaining to or used with the mine,

is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.

Section 453 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria

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