Section 3: Persons twice convicted may be subjected to police supervision (As amended by Section 2 of the Prevention of Crimes (Amendment) Act, 2016)

(1) Where any person is convicted of a crime, and a previous conviction of a crime is proved against him, the court before which he is convicted may, in addition to any other punishment which it may award, direct that he is to be subjected to the supervision of the police for a period not exceeding three years commencing immediately after the expiration of the sentence passed on him for the last of such crimes.
(2) Every person subjected to the supervision of the police officer in Nigeria, shall notify the place of his residence to the nearest superior police officer and, whenever he is about to change his residence, shall notify such intention to the said superior police officer, stating the place to which he is going, and also, if required, and so far as is practicable, his address at that place, and so soon as he arrives at his new place of residence he shall forthwith notify his arrival to the superior police officer stationed nearest to such last-mentioned place
(3) Every such person shall once in each month report himself at such time and in such manner as may be prescribed by the nearest superior police officer, either to such officer himself or to such other person as that officer may direct.
(4) If any person fails to comply with any of the requirements of this section, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, unless he proves that he did his best to act in conformity with the law and was prevented by circumstances beyond his control, and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for one year