LOCAL GOVERNMENT (BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) ACT

Section 58: Punishment and disqualification for bribery, treating and undue influence.

1989Section 58 of 86Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) Every person who is guilty of bribery, treating, or undue influence, or aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of any of those offences, shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding N,1000.
(2) Every person who is convicted of bribery, treating, undue influence or personation, or of aiding, abetting, counselling, or procuring the commission of any of the offences aforesaid, shall (in addition to any other punishment) be deemed incapable, during a period of five years from the date of his conviction-
(a) of being registered as a voter or voting at any Local Government election in any State; or
(b) of being elected as a member of a Local Government Council, or if elected before his conviction, of retaining his seat.

Cite this section

Section 58, LOCAL GOVERNMENT (BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) ACT (1989).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/local-government-basic-constitutional-and-transitional-provisions-act/section/58/