CRIMINAL CODE ACT

Section 13: Offences procured or counselled by persons out of Nigeria

2004Section 13 of 575Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) Any person who, having while out of Nigeria procured another to do or omit to do in
Nigeria an act of such a nature that if he had himself done the act or made the
omission in Nigeria, he would have been guilty of an offence, afterwards comes into
Nigeria, is by such coming into Nigeria guilty of an offence of the same kind, and is
liable to the same punishment, as if he himself had done the act or made the omission
in Nigeria.
Any person who, having while out of Nigeria counselled or procured the commission of
an offence which is actually committed in Nigeria, afterwards comes into Nigeria, is by
such coming into Nigeria guilty of an offence of the same kind, and is liable to the
same punishment, as if he had been in Nigeria when the offence was committed.
(2) In this section, "offence" means an offence against any Federal law.

Cite this section

Section 13, CRIMINAL CODE ACT (2004).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/criminal-code-act/section/13/