CRIMINAL CODE ACT

Section 397: Bringing stolen goods into Nigeria

2004Section 397 of 575Federal Republic of Nigeria

Any person who, having at any place not in Nigeria obtained any property by any act
which if it had been done in Nigeria would have constituted the offence of stealing,
and which is an offence under the laws in force in the place where it was done, brings
such property into the country, or has it in his possession in Nigeria, is guilty of an
offence, and is liable to the same punishment as if he had stolen it in Nigeria; but so
that the punishment does not exceed that which would be incurred for the same act
under the laws in force in the place where the act by which he obtained the property
was done.

Cite this section

Section 397, CRIMINAL CODE ACT (2004).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/criminal-code-act/section/397/