CRIMINAL CODE ACT

Section 439: False accounting by public officer

2004Section 439 of 575Federal Republic of Nigeria

Any person who, being an officer charged with the receipt, custody, or management of
any part of the public revenue, knowingly furnishes any false statement or return of
any money or property received by him or entrusted to his care, or of any balance of
money or property in his possession or under his control, is guilty of a misdemeanor
and is liable to imprisonment for two years.
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Cite this section

Section 439, CRIMINAL CODE ACT (2004).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/criminal-code-act/section/439/