Section 27: Discharge of hazardous substances and related offences.

(1) The discharge in such harmful quantities of any hazardous substance into the air or upon the land and the waters of Nigeria or at the adjoining shorelines is prohibited, except where such discharge is permitted or authorized under any law in force in Nigeria.
(2) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (1) of this Section, commits an offence and is liable on conviction, to a fine, not exceeding N1,000,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years.
(3) Where an offence under subsection (1) of this section is committed by a body corporate, it shall on conviction, be liable to a fine, not exceeding N1,000,000 and an additional fine of N50,000 for every day the offence subsists.
(4) Where an offence under subsection (1) of this section is committed by a body corporate, every person who at the time the offence was committed was in charge of the body corporate shall be deemed to be guilty of such offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly provided that nothing contained in this subsection shall render any person liable to any punishment, if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence.
(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or any other sections of this Act, the provisions of the Harmful Waste (Special Criminal Provisions, etc) Act shall apply in respect of any hazardous substance constituting harmful waste as defined in section 37 of this Act.