Section 17: Prohibition on export.

(1) Except with the permission of the Minister, no person shall export from Nigeria
(a) any notes which are or have at any time been legal tender in Nigeria or in any other territory;
(b) any Treasury Bills
(c) any postal orders;
(d) any gold;
(e) any of the following documents (including any such document which has been cancelled), that is to say-
(i) any certificate of title to a security and any coupon, and
(ii) any bill of exchange or promissory note expressed in terms of currency other than naira, and
(iii) any policy of assurance, and
(iv) any document to which section 6 of this Act applies not issued by an authorised dealer or in pursuance of permission granted by the Minister;
(f) any document certifying the destruction, loss or cancellation of any of the documents in paragraph (e) of this subsection;
(g) any such articles exported on the person of a traveller or in a traveller's baggage as may be prescribed by order of the Minister.
(2) For the purposes of this section, "note" includes part of a note, and "coupon" shall be construed in accordance with the meaning of "security