Section 430: Having possession of thing reasonably suspected of having

been stolen
(1) Any person who is charged before any court with having in his possession or under
his control in any manner or in any place, or for that he at any time within the three
months immediately preceding the making of the complaint, did have in his possession
or under his control in any manner or in any place, anything which is reasonably
suspected of having been stolen or unlawfully obtained, and who does not give an
account, to the satisfaction of the court, as to how he came by the same, is guilty of an
offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of two hundred naira or to imprisonment
for six months.
(2) Where any person is charged before any court with having or with having had in his
possession or under his control in any manner or in any place anything which has been
stolen or unlawfully obtained, or which is reasonably suspected of having been stolen
or unlawfully obtained, and declares that he received the same for some other person
or that he was employed as a carrier, agent or servant for some other person, the
court is hereby authorised and required, if practicable, to cause every such other
person and also if necessary every former or pretended purchaser or other person
through whose possession such thing as aforesaid has passed or who has had control
thereof, to be brought before it and to examine witnesses upon oath touching the
same; and if it appears to the court that any person has had possession or control of
such thing and had reasonable cause to believe the same to have been stolen or
unlawfully obtained, every such person shall be deemed to have had possession or
control of such thing at the time and place when and where the same was found or
seized, and is guilty of an offence and liable, on conviction to a fine of two hundred
naira or to imprisonment
for six months.
(3) The possession of or control by a carrier, agent or servant shall be deemed to be
the possession of or control by the person who employed such carrier, agent or
servant to have or deal with such thing and such person shall be liable on conviction to
the punishment herein mentioned.
(4) The offender may be arrested without warrant.