Section 2: Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires;
"the National Flag" means the National Flag of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;
[L.N. 139 of 1965.]
"public place" means any highway, wharf, street, bridge and thoroughfare, and includes every place (including any foreshore or any beach or open space belonging to the State) to which the public under ordinary circumstances have the right of legal access, whether with or without payment of any entrance fee or gate money, and also includes all land and land covered with water contiguous to a public place from which an act constituting an offence against this Act would ordinarily be viewable by persons in such public place.