Section 27: Amendment of section 22

Section 22 of the Principal Act is amended by substituting for subsection (4), a new subsection “(4)” -
“(4) Any public officer who, in the discharge of his official duties awards or signs any contract without budget provision, administrative approvals and procurement plan, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and on conviction be liable to three years imprisonment or a fine of ten million Naira.”