FEDERAL HIGHWAYS ACT

Section 5: Causing death by reckless or dangerous driving

1971Section 5 of 29Federal Republic of Nigeria

Any person who causes the death of another person by the driving of a motor vehicle on a Federal highway recklessly, or at a speed or in a manner which is dangerous to the public, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the nature, condition and use of the Federal highway, and the amount of traffic which is actually at the time, or which might reasonably be expected to be, on the Federal highway, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of seven years.

Cite this section

Section 5, FEDERAL HIGHWAYS ACT (1971).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/federal-highways-act/section/5/