ARMED FORCES ACT

Section 76: Other prize offences

1994Section 76 of 292Federal Republic of Nigeria

A person subject to service law under this Act, who-(a)
strikes or otherwise ill-treats any person who is on board a ship, vessel or an aircraft when taken as prize, or unlawfully takes from that person anything in his possession; or
(b) removes out of a ship, vessel or an aircraft or for the necessary use and service of any of the services of the Armed Forces, any goods not previously adjudged by a High Court in Nigeria to be lawful prize; or
(c) breaks bulk on board a ship, vessel or an aircraft taken as prize or detained in exercise of any belligerent right or under any enactment, with intent to embezzle or fraudulently misapply anything therein,
is guilty of an offence under this section and liable, on conviction by a court-martial, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or any less punishment provided by this Act.

Cite this section

Section 76, ARMED FORCES ACT (1994).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/armed-forces-act/section/76/