Section 170: Penalty for failure of master, etc., to bring to or stop when required

(1)
If any ship, aircraft or vehicle which is liable to forfeiture or inspection under the customs and excise laws does not bring to or stop when required so to do by an officer and so remain for such period as the officer may require, the master of the ship, commander of the aircraft or person in charge of the vehicle shall be liable to a fine of two
hundred naira.
(2)
Where any ship liable to forfeiture or inspection under subsection (1) of this section has failed to bring to or stop when required so to do by a Government ship and, after the commanding officer of such Government ship has hoisted the proper ensign and caused a shot to be fired as a signal, the ship liable to forfeiture or inspection still fails to bring to or stop, such Government ship may, on the instruction of the commanding officer, fire upon the ship liable to forfeiture or inspection with any weapon lawfully carried.
(3)
In this section, "Government ship" means a ship lawfully armed in the service of the Government of the Federation.