CRIMINAL CODE ACT

Section 125: Conspiracy to bring false accusation

2004Section 125 of 575Federal Republic of Nigeria

Any person who conspires with another to charge any person or cause any person to
be charged with any offence, whether alleged to have been committed in Nigeria or
elsewhere, knowing that such person is innocent of the alleged offence or not believing
him to be guilty of the alleged offence, is guilty of a felony.
If the offence is such that a person convicted of it is liable to be sentenced to death or
to imprisonment for life, the offender is liable to imprisonment for life.
If the offence is such that a person convicted of it is liable to be sentenced to
imprisonment, but for a term less than life, the offender is liable to imprisonment for
fourteen years.
In any other case the offender is liable to imprisonment for seven years. The offender
cannot be arrested without warrant.

Cite this section

Section 125, CRIMINAL CODE ACT (2004).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/criminal-code-act/section/125/