Section 7: Penalties and legal proceedings.

(1) A person who commits an offence under section 1, 2 or 3 of this Act is liable-
(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years;
(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine of an amount not exceeding N200 or to both such imprisonment and fine.
(2) A person who commits an offence under section 5 of this Act is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine of an amount not exceeding N100 or to both such imprisonment and fine.
(3) No proceedings in respect of an offence under sections 1, 2 or 3 of this Act shall be begun except with the consent of the Attorney-General of the Federation or of a State or by or on the instructions or authority of the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation or of a State; and the instrument by which permission is signified for the beginning of any such proceedings shall state whether the proceedings shall be summary or on indictment.
(4) Nothing in the last foregoing subsection shall be construed as preventing the detention of any person with a view to the taking of proceedings against him.