CRIMINAL CODE ACT

Section 372: Desertion of children

2004Section 372 of 575Federal Republic of Nigeria

Any person who being the parent, guardian or other person having the lawful care or
charge of a child under the age of twelve years, and being able to maintain such child,
wilfully and without lawful or reasonable cause deserts the child and leaves it without
means of support, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is liable to imprisonment for one
year.
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Section 372, CRIMINAL CODE ACT (2004).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/criminal-code-act/section/372/