Section 16: Offences relating to statement of result.

A person who, being an Electoral Officer or a Returning Officer at a primary election-(a) gives a certificate or statement of result which is false in any material particular ;or
(b) perversely and without lawful authority refuse to deliver any statement of result relating to that primary election to the Officer to whom it is required to be delivered ; or
(c) does anything that impedes or obstructs proper accreditation counting, recording or obtaining of the correct result of that primary election, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of N5,000 or to imprisonment for 2 years or to both such fine and imprisonment.