CRIMINAL CODE ACT

Section 131: Bringing fictitious action on penal Act, law or statute

2004Section 131 of 575Federal Republic of Nigeria

Any person who, in the name of a fictitious plaintiff, or in the name of a real person but
without his authority, brings an action against another person upon a penal Act, law or
statute for the recovery of a penalty for any offence committed or alleged to have
been committed by him, is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for
two years.

Cite this section

Section 131, CRIMINAL CODE ACT (2004).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/criminal-code-act/section/131/