Section 144: Restrictions on inter-State adoption

(1) Except under a license issued pursuant to Section 145 of this Act, no person shall permit or cause or procure the care and possession of a child to be given to any person outside the State in which the adoption order was made with a view to getting the child adopted by any person.
(2) A person who permits or causes or procures the possession of a child to be given to any person.
(a) outside the State in which the fostering order was made; or
(b) outside Nigeria, with intent to getting that child fostered by that person,
commit an offence.
(3) A person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) of this section commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of thirty thousand naira or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(4) A person who commits an offence under subsection (2) (a) of this section, is liable on conviction to a term of -
(a) in the case of an offence under subsection (2) (a) of this section, to imprisonment for a term of ten years;
(b) in the case of an offence under subsection (2) (b) of this section, to imprisonment for a term of fifteen years.