Section 455 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria. Interfering with navigation works

Any person who‐

(1) wilfully and unlawfully removes or disturbs any fixed objects or materials used for securing a bank or wall of a river, canal, aqueduct, reservoir, or inland water, or for securing any work which appertains to a dock, canal, aqueduct, reservoir, or inland water, or which is used for purposes of navigation or lading or unlading goods; or

(2) unlawfully does any act with intent to obstruct the carrying on, completion, or maintenance of the navigation of a navigable river or canal, and thereby obstructs such carrying on, completion, or maintenance,

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

Section 455 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria

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