Section 19: Offences and penalties

(1) Any person-
(a) who does any act declared by this Act or by any regulation hereunder not to be lawful or who acts in contravention of, or fails to comply with, any of the provisions of this Act or of any regulation hereunder; or
(b) who acts in contravention of, or fails to comply with, the conditions of any licence issued or authority granted under or in pursuance of this Act; or
(c) who for the purpose of obtaining, whether for himself or for any other person, the issue, grant or renewal of any such licence or authority as aforesaid, makes any declaration or statement which is false in any particular, or knowingly utters, produces or makes use of any such declaration or statement or any document containing the same; or
(d) who in Nigeria aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission in any place outside Nigeria of any offence punishable under the provisions of any corresponding law in force in that place, or does any act preparatory to, or in furtherance of, any act which if committed in Nigeria would constitute an offence under this Act,
shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
(2)
Every person guilty of an offence under this Act, shall, in respect of each offence, be liable to a fine of two thousand naira, or to imprisonment for a term of ten years, or to both; and shall, in every case on conviction for the offence, forfeit all articles in respect of which the offence was committed, and the court before which the offender was convicted may order any forfeited articles to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the court deems fit.
(3) No person shall, on conviction for any offence of contravening or failing to comply with any regulation under this Act relating to the keeping of books or the issuing or dispensing of prescriptions containing drugs to which this Act applies, be sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine or to pay a fine exceeding one hundred naira, if the court dealing with the case is satisfied that the offence was committed through inadvertence and was not preparatory to, or committed in the course of, or in connection with, the commission or intended commission of any other offence under this Act.
(4) If any person attempts to commit an offence against this Act, or solicits or incites another person to commit such an offence, he shall, without prejudice to any other liability, be liable to the same punishment and forfeiture as if he had conmmitted an offence under this Act.
(5) Where a person convicted of an offence under this Act is a company, the chairman and every director and every officer concerned in the management of the company shall be guilty of the like offence unless he proves that the act constituting the offence took place without his knowledge or consent.
(6)
Every magistrate, whether in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja or in any State, shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any enactment, have jurisdiction for the summary trial of any offence under this Act and may impose the punishment provided by this section for that offence.