TERRORISM (PREVENTION AND PROHIBITION) ACT

Section 36: Offences against safety at airports serving military or civil aviation

2022Section 36 of 100Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) A person who—
(a) commits an act of violence against a person at an airport serving military or civil aviation, which causes or is likely to cause serious injury or death,
(b) destroys or seriously damages the facilities of an airport serving military or civil aviation, or aircraft not in service located on the facilities, or disrupting the services of the airport, or
(c) using a device, substance, or weapon in perpetrating acts referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection, where such acts are likely to endanger the safety at an airport serving military or civil aviation, commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to —
(i) imprisonment for a term of not less than twenty years, or
(ii) a death penalty, where death results from the commission of the act.
(2) A person who threatens to commit any of the offences provided for in subsection (1) with the aim of compelling the State or a person to do or refrain from doing any act, commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of at least 25 years.

Cite this section

Section 36, TERRORISM (PREVENTION AND PROHIBITION) ACT (2022).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/terrorism-prevention-and-prohibition-act/section/36/