NATIONAL IDENTITY MANAGEMENT COMMISSION ACT

Section 30: Miscellaneous offences, etc.

2007Section 30 of 34Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) A person who-
(a) when required in accordance with the provisions of this Act to register himself fails to do so;
(b) wilfully obstructs any employee of the Commission in the due execution of his duties;
(c) wilfully destroys or mutilates the Multi-purpose Identity Card issued under this Act;
(d) being an employee of the Commission, unlawfully issues any Multi-purpose Identity Card or makes any entry, alteration or erasure on any Multi-purpose Identity Card;
(e) unlawfully deprives any person of the Multi-purpose Identity Card issued to him under this Act;
(f) is in unlawful possession of or makes use of a Multi-purpose Identity Card issued to any other person under this Act;
(g) is knowingly in possession of any Multi-purpose Identity Card on which any unlawful entry, alteration or erasure has been made or of a document so closely resembling a Multi-purpose Identity Card as to be calculated to deceive;
(h) is in unlawful possession of more than one Multi-purpose Identity Card issued under this Act at anyone time;
(i) hands over the Multi-purpose Identity Card issued to him under this Act to any other person to be used by such other person for any purpose not authorised by this Act or any unlawful purpose, whatsoever; and
(j) refuses, in satisfaction of any purpose whatsoever to accept a Multi-purpose Identity Card issued under this Act as sufficient identification of the person to whom it is issued, commits an offence under this Act.
(2) Any person who commits an offence under this Act for which no penalty is specifically provided shall be liable on conviction to a fine of not less than N100,000 or imprisonment for term of not less than 6 months or to both such fine and imprisonment.

Cite this section

Section 30, NATIONAL IDENTITY MANAGEMENT COMMISSION ACT (2007).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/national-identity-management-commission-act/section/30/