CRIMINAL CODE ACT

Section 47: Effect of proceeding under sections 44 and 45

2004Section 47 of 575Federal Republic of Nigeria

A person who has been tried, and convicted or acquitted, on a charge of any of the
offences defined in sections 44 and 45 of this Code, cannot be afterwards prosecuted
for any other offence defined in this Chapter in respect of the same facts.

Cite this section

Section 47, CRIMINAL CODE ACT (2004).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/criminal-code-act/section/47/