Section 55: Compulsion: how far a defence

A person who takes any such oath or engagement as is mentioned in the two last
preceding sections shall not set up as a defence that he was compelled to do so,
unless within fourteen days after taking, or, if he is prevented by actual force or
sickness, within fourteen days after the termination of such prevention, he declares by
information on oath before some peace officer, or, if he is on actual service in the
armed forces of Nigeria, or in the police forces, either by such information or by
information to his commanding officer, the whole of what he knows concerning the
matter, including the person or persons by whom and in whose presence, and the
place where, and the time when, the oath or engagement was administered or taken.
[L.N. 112 of 1964.]