Section 50: Offences and penalties

(1) A person who operates a courier service without being licensed under section 45 of this Act, commits an offence and on conviction shall be liable to a fine of N50,000.
(2) A person who for the purpose of securing a licence under section 45 of this Act, makes a statement or provides information which he knows to be false or does not have reason to believe to be true, commits an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of N5,000.
(3) A company which unlawfully opens or suffers to be opened, a sealed article with which it is entrusted for conveyance, commits an offence under this Act and on conviction is liable to a fine of N10,000,
(4) A person employed by a courier service company who unlawfully opens or suffers to be opened a sealed article with which the courier service company is entrusted for conveyance, commits an offence under this Act and on conviction is liable to imprisonment for a term of twenty-one years.