NIGERIAN MINERALS AND MINING ACT

Section 132: Loans.

2007Section 132 of 165Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) No loan granted pursuant to Part III of this Act shall be applied to any Loans purpose other than that for which the loan was granted.
(2) Any person who applies a loan granted pursuant to Part III of this Act in contravention of subsection (1) of this section commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of an amount not less than the amount of the loan and interest accruing thereof in respect of which the offence was committed or imprisonment for a term of not less than five years.
(3) Where an offence under this section is committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of any director, manager secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate (or any person purporting to act in any such capacity) he as well as the body corporate shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and may be proceeded against and punished in accordance with subsection (2) above.

Cite this section

Section 132, NIGERIAN MINERALS AND MINING ACT (2007).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/nigerian-minerals-and-mining-act/section/132/