CRIMINAL CODE ACT

Section 60: Defamation of persons exercising sovereign authority over a

2004Section 60 of 575Federal Republic of Nigeria

State
Any person who, without such justification or excuse as would be sufficient in the case
of the defamation of a private person, publishes anything intended to be read, or any
sign or visible representation, tending to expose to hatred or contempt in the
estimation of the people of any foreign State any person exercising sovereign
authority over that State, is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment
for two years.
Chapter 8. Offences against the executive and legislative power

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Section 60, CRIMINAL CODE ACT (2004).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/criminal-code-act/section/60/