Section 52: General offences.

(1) A person who knowingly makes a false statement for the purpose of procuring the registration of any name, premises, qualification or any other matter under this Act, commits an offence.
(2) A person who is not a registered pharmacist, intern pharmacist, pharmacy technician, satellite medicines facility, vendor or pharmaceutical representative under this Act, but practices as such or holds himself out as being so registered or practices in that capacity whether for reward or not, or takes or uses any name, title, addition or description implying that he is so registered and authorised by law to so practice, commits an offence under this Act.
(3) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on conviction, in the case of -
(a) subsection (1), to a fine of at least N500,000 or imprisonment for a term not more than one year or both; or
(b) subsection (2), to a fine of at least N1,000,000 or imprisonment for a term not more than two years, or both.
(4) A body corporate that violates the provisions of this section commits an offence and is liable on conviction, in the case of -
(a) subsection (1), to a fine of at least N2,000,000 and the directors or principal officers of the body corporate are liable to a fine of at least N250,000 or imprisonment for a term not more than two years or both; or
(b) subsection (2), to a fine of at least N5,000,000 and the directors or principal officers of the body corporate are liable to a fine of at least N500,000 or imprisonment for a term not more than three years or both.
(5) Where an offence under this Act which has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent, connivance or collusion of or attributable to any neglect on the part of a director, manager, secretary or any other similar officer of the body corporate or any person who was purporting to act in any capacity, the officer and the body corporate commits an offence and are liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(6) In relation to a body corporate carrying on pharmacy business, subsection (4) shall have effect as to a person who, not being an officer of the body corporate at the time of the commission of the offence -
(a) is the Superintendent Pharmacist,
(b) at any premises where the business is carried on, is the pharmacist who acts under the directions of the Superintendent Pharmacist, or as if he were such an officer of the body corporate as mentioned in the preceding subsection.