CRIMINAL CODE ACT

Section 126: Perverting justice

2004Section 126 of 575Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) Any person who conspires with another to obstruct, prevent, pervert, or defeat the
course of justice is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.
The offender cannot be arrested without warrant.
(2) Any person who attempts, in any way not specially defined in this Code, to
obstruct, prevent, pervert, or defeat, the course of justice, is guilty of a misdemeanor
and is liable to imprisonment for two years.

Cite this section

Section 126, CRIMINAL CODE ACT (2004).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/criminal-code-act/section/126/