Section 3: Damage, etc., to oil pipelines an offence

(1) Any person who wilfully and unlawfully-
(a) destroys, damages or removes any oil pipelines or installation connected therewith; or
(b)
otherwise prevents or obstructs the flow of oil along any such oil pipelines or interferes with any installation connected therewith,
shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
(2) Any person found guilty of an offence under subsection (1) of this section shall, on conviction be liable-
(a) in the case of an offence under paragraph(a) of subsection (1), to a fine of two times the value of any such oil pipeline or installation as might have been destroyed, damaged or removed, or of any oil that might have escaped as a result of such destruction, damage or removal N2,OOO,whichever is higher, or to imprisonment for ten years or to both such fine and imprisonment; or
(b)
in the case of an offence under paragraph (b) of subsection (1), to a fine of N500. or imprisonment for three years or to both such fine and imprisonment.