EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES ACT

Section 5: Disturbances at examinations.

1999Section 5 of 20Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) A person who, at or near an examination hall or any other place appointed for an examination-
(a) has in his possession any offensive weapon or other material or uses any offensive weapon or other material on any other person; or
(b) acts or incites any other person to act in a disorderly manner,
for the purpose of disrupting the conduct of an examination or of harming, intimidating, assaulting or obstructing any person involved in the conduct of the examination, 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 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 an examination, to imprisonment for a term of five years without the option of a fine; and
(c) in any other case, to imprisonment for a term of four years without the option of a fine.

Cite this section

Section 5, EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES ACT (1999).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/examination-malpractices-act/section/5/