Section 37: Treason

(1) Any person who levies war against the State, in order to intimidate or overawe the
President or the Governor of a State, is guilty of treason, and is liable to the
punishment of death.
[L.N. 112 of 1964. 1967 No. 27.]
(2) Any person conspiring with any person, either within or without Nigeria, to levy war
against the State with intent to cause such levying of war as would be treason if
committed by a citizen of Nigeria, is guilty of treason and is liable to the punishment of
death:
Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent any act from being treason which is
so by the laws of England as in force in Nigeria.
(3) (Inserted by L.N. 112 of 1964 and deleted by L.N. 139 of 1965).