TERRORISM (PREVENTION AND PROHIBITION) ACT

Section 39: Transportation of BCRN weapons or other dangerous substances on board a ship.

2022Section 39 of 100Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) A person who transports—
(a) any explosive or radioactive material, knowing that it is intended to be used—
(i) to cause death or grievous bodily harm or damage, or
(ii) in a threat to cause death or grievous bodily harm or damage, for the purpose of intimidating a population, or compelling a government or an international organisation to do or to abstain from doing any act,
(b) any BCRN weapon, knowingly,
(c) any source of material, special fissionable material, or equipment or material especially designed or prepared for the processing or production of special fissionable material, knowing that it is intended to be used in a nuclear explosive activity or in any other nuclear activity not under a safeguard agreement, or
(d) any equipment, material, software or related technology that significantly contributes to the design, manufacture or delivery of a BCRN weapon, with the intention that it will be used for that purpose, commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to—
(i) imprisonment for a term of at least 25 years, or
(ii) a death penalty, where death results from the commission of the act.
(2) A person who causes injury to a person in connection with the perpetration of any of the offences provided for under subsection (1), commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of at least 25 years.

Cite this section

Section 39, TERRORISM (PREVENTION AND PROHIBITION) ACT (2022).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/terrorism-prevention-and-prohibition-act/section/39/