Section 2: Prohibition of casino gaming.

(1) As from the operative date of this section and notwithstanding the provisions of any other enactment to the contrary, the operation of any casino or the importation or operative of any gaming machine relative thereto or, subject to section 3 of this Act, the possession of any such machine by any person in any part of Nigeria (whether or not in a gaming house) is hereby declared unlawful and, accordingly-
(a) any licence issued to any person under or pursuant to any enactment for the operation of any casino or any gaming machine connected therewith in Nigeria shall be deemed to have expired immediately before the operative date of this section; and
(b)
no licence shall, as from the aforementioned date, be issued to any person in Nigeria for the operative of a casino or for the importation or operation of any machine aforesaid, and accordingly the Customs and Excise Management Act and every other enactment relating to the importation of casino gaming machines into Nigeria shall be omissions as would bring them into line with the general intendment of this Act.
(2) Any person who, after the operative date of this section-
(a) operates or causes to be operated any casino in any part of Nigeria; or
(b) operates or causes to be operated in any part of Nigeria any casino gaming machine; or
(c) gives or sells or offers for sale or imports any token or pays or receives indirectly any money or money's worth for or in respect of any chance in, or event or contingency connected with, any casino gaming or gaming machine; or
(d) takes part directly or otherwise in any casino gaming or operation or other gaming in the nature thereof; or
(e) writes, prints, distributes or imports or causes to be written, printed, distributed or imported any token or other thing in the nature thereof,; or
(f) advances, furnished or receives money for the purpose of any casino gaming or operation, shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Any person found guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on conviction-
(a) in the case of an individual, to a fine of N2,000 or to imprisonment for six months or to both such fine and imprisonment; and
(b) in the case of a body corporate to a fine of not less than N10,000, and in addition every such casino gaming machine or token and the proceeds of any casino gaming or of the operative date of this section shall be construed accordingly.