Section 17: Offences in respect of which penalties are not elsewhere prescribed

Where in respect of an offence under this Act no penalty is prescribed, the court convicting may in the case of a first offence, impose a penalty by way of fine of two hundred naira or of imprisonment for a term of twelve months or both, and in respect of a second or any subsequent offence (whether of the same kind or not) the penalty shall be imprisonment for a term of eighteen months without the option of a fine unless the court otherwise considers that a fine will be appropriate in the circumstances.