NIGERIA POLICE ACT, 2020 (AS AMENDED BY NIGERIA POLICE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2024)

Section 102: Obtaining admission into Police Force by fraud.

2020Section 102 of 142Federal Republic of Nigeria

1 A person who:
a knowingly uses or attempts to pass off any forged or false certificate, character, letter, or any other document for the purpose of obtaining admission into the Nigeria Police Force; or
b on applying for enlistment, makes any false answer to any statement put to him by any appropriate authority, commits an offence and, on summary conviction to a fine of N50,000 or imprisonment for three months or both.

2 A police officer may arrest without a warrant any person whom he reasonably believes or suspects of having committed an offence under this section.

Cite this section

Section 102, NIGERIA POLICE ACT, 2020 (AS AMENDED BY NIGERIA POLICE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2024) (2020).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/nigeria-police-act-2020-as-amended-by-nigeria-police-amendment-act-2024/section/102/