Section 24: Publication of certain statements and writings an offence.

(1) Any person who-
(a) publishes any statement, whether in writing or otherwise, which falsely or scandalously defames a Legislative House or any committee thereof; or
(b) publishes any writing reflecting on the character of the President or Speaker, as the case may be, of a Legislative House or the Chairman of a Committee of a Committee of a Legislative House in the conduct of his duty as such President, Speaker or Chairman; or
(c) publishes any writing containing a gross, wilful or scandalous misrepresentation of the proceedings of a Legislative House or of the speech of any member in the proceedings of a Legislative House,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of two hundred naira or to imprisonment for twelve months, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(2) In this section "publish", in relation to any writing, means exhibiting in public, or causing to be read or seen, or showing or delivering, or causing to be shown or delivered, with the intent that the writing may be read or seen by any person.