CRIMINAL CODE ACT

Section 357: Definition of rape

2004Section 357 of 575Federal Republic of Nigeria

Any person who has unlawful carnal knowledge of a woman or girl, without her
consent, or with her consent, if the consent is obtained by force or by means of threats
or intimidation of any kind, or by fear of harm, or by means of false and fraudulent
representation as to the nature of the act, or, in the case of a married woman, by
personating her husband, is guilty of an offence which is called rape.

Cite this section

Section 357, CRIMINAL CODE ACT (2004).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/criminal-code-act/section/357/