Section 33: Offences and penalties

(1)
Any person who, without documentation with the Council, owns, publishes or prints a newspaper, magazine, or journal commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of N250,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both such fine and imprisonment and to an additional fine of N5,000 for every day the offence continues.
[1999 No. 60.]
(2) Any news agent who circulates for sale any copy of a newspaper, magazine, or journal which is not documented in accordance with the provisions of this Act commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of N50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.