SAME SEX MARRIAGE (PROHIBITION) ACT

Section 5: Offences and Penalties

2013Section 5 of 8Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) A person who enters into a same sex marriage contract or civil union commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a term of 14 years imprisonment.
(2)
A person who registers, operates or participates in gay clubs, societies and organisation, or directly or indirectly makes public show of same sex amorous relationship in Nigeria commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a term of 10 years imprisonment.
(3)
A person or group of persons who administers, witnesses, abets or aids the solemnization of a same sex marriage or civil union, or supports the registration, operation and sustenance of gay clubs, societies, organisations, processions or meetings in Nigeria commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a term of I0 years imprisonment.

Cite this section

Section 5, SAME SEX MARRIAGE (PROHIBITION) ACT (2013).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/same-sex-marriage-prohibition-act/section/5/