CRIMINAL CODE ACT

Section 138: Negligently permitting escape

2004Section 138 of 575Federal Republic of Nigeria

Any person who, being an officer of a prison, or a member of a police force, negligently
permits a person within his lawful custody to escape, is guilty of a misdemeanour and
is liable to imprisonment for two years.

Cite this section

Section 138, CRIMINAL CODE ACT (2004).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/criminal-code-act/section/138/