Section 10: Unlawful assumption of character of officer

If, for the purpose of obtaining admission to any building or other place or to any ship, aircraft or vehicle, or of doing or procuring to be done any act which he would not be entitled to do or procure to be done of his own authority, or for any other unlawful purpose, any person, not being an officer, assumes the name, designation or character of an officer, he shall, in addition to any other punishment to which he may have rendered himself liable, be liable to a fine of one thousand naira or to imprisonment for two years, or to both.