CRIMINAL CODE ACT

Section 82: Forcible detainer

2004Section 82 of 575Federal Republic of Nigeria

Any person who, being in actual possession of land without colour of right, holds
possession of it, in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace or reasonable
apprehension of a breach of the peace, against a person entitled by law to the
possession of the land, is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for
one year.

Cite this section

Section 82, CRIMINAL CODE ACT (2004).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/criminal-code-act/section/82/