ARMED FORCES ACT

Section 109: Burglary

1994Section 109 of 292Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) A person subject to service law under this Act who-
(a) with intent to commit an offence punishable by imprisonment for five years or more under this Act, breaks and enters the dwelling-house of another person; or
(b) having entered the dwelling-house of another person with the intent to commit an offence punishable by imprisonment for five years or more under this Act, breaks out of the dwelling-house,
is guilty of burglary.
(2) A person found guilty of an offence under subsection (1) of this section is liable, on conviction by a court-martial-
(a) if the offence is committed in the night, to imprisonment for life;
(b) if the offence is committed at any other time, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.

Cite this section

Section 109, ARMED FORCES ACT (1994).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/armed-forces-act/section/109/