Section 3: Personation

(1) A person who at an examination-
(a) falsely represents himself to be a candidate sitting for the examination; or
(b) writes or attempts to write a paper in the name of some other person whether that name is the name of a person living or dead,
commits an offence.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) of this section is liable on conviction-
(a) in the case of a person under the age of 18 years, to a fine of N100.000 or imprisonment
for a term not exceeding three years or to both such fine and imprisonment;
(b) in the case of a principal, teacher, an invigilator, a supervisor, an examiner, or an agent or employee of the examination body concerned with the conduct of an examination, to imprisonment for a term of 4 years without the option of a fine; and
(c) in any other case, to imprisonment for a term of three years without the option of a fine.
(3) A person who alters or in any other way tampers with a document which has been issued to a candidate in relation to an examination, so that the person is taken to be the candidate, commits an offence and is liable on conviction-
(a) in the case of a person under the age of eighteen years, to a fine of N100,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both such fine and imprisonment;
(b) in the case of a principal, teacher, an invigilator, a supervisor, an examiner, or an agent or employee of the examination body concerned with the conduct of the examination, to imprisonment for a term of four years without the option of a fine; and
(c) in any other case, to imprisonment for a term of three years without the option of a fine.