Section 60 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria. Defamation of persons exercising sovereign authority over a State

Any person who, without such justification or excuse as would be sufficient in the case of the defamation of a private person, publishes anything intended to be read, or any sign or visible representation, tending to expose to hatred or contempt in the estimation of the people of any foreign State any person exercising sovereign authority over that State, is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for two years.

Section 60 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria

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