CRIMINAL CODE ACT

Section 233: Knowledge of age immaterial

2004Section 233 of 575Federal Republic of Nigeria

Except as otherwise expressly stated, it is immaterial, in the case of any of the
offences defined in this Chapter committed with respect to a woman or girl under a
specified age, that the accused person did not know that the woman or girl was under
that age or believed that she was not under that age.

Cite this section

Section 233, CRIMINAL CODE ACT (2004).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/criminal-code-act/section/233/