ELECTORAL ACT

Section 96: Prohibition of Broadcast, 24 hours preceding or on Polling Day.

2022Section 96 of 153Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) A person, print or electronic medium that broadcasts, publishes, advertises or circulates any material for the purpose of promoting or opposing a particular political party or the election of a particular candidate over the radio, television, newspaper, magazine, handbills, or any print or electronic media whatsoever called within twenty four hours immediately preceding or on polling day commits an offence under this Act.
(2) Where an offence under subsection (1) is committed by a body corporate, the principal officers of that body shall be deemed to have equally committed the same offence.
(3) A person convicted of an offence under this section is liable –
(a) in the case of a body corporate to a maximum fine of N1,000,000; and
(b) in the case of an individual to a maximum fine of N1,000,000 or to imprisonment for a term of six months or both.

Cite this section

Section 96, ELECTORAL ACT (2022).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/electoral-act/section/96/