TERRORISM (PREVENTION AND PROHIBITION) ACT

Section 45: Offences relating to nuclear facilities.

2022Section 45 of 100Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) A person who uses or damages a nuclear facility, interferes with its operation, or commits any other act directed against a nuclear facility, in a manner which releases or risks the release of radioactive material—
(a) with the intent to cause—
(i) death or serious bodily injury, or
(ii) substantial damage to property or to the environment;
(b) with the knowledge that the act, unless undertaken in conformity with extant laws relating to nuclear or other radioactive substances, is likely to cause death or grievous bodily harm to any person, substantial damage to property or to the environment by the exposure to radiation or release of radioactive substances, or
(c) in order to compel a natural or legal person, an international organisation, or a State to do or refrain from doing an act, commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to—
(i) imprisonment for a term of at least 20, or
(ii) a death penalty, where death results from the commission of the act.
(2) A person who threatens to commit an offence provided for in subsection (1), commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of at least 20 years.
(3) A person who demands for a nuclear facility by threat, use of force or by any other form of intimidation, commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of at least 10 years.

Cite this section

Section 45, TERRORISM (PREVENTION AND PROHIBITION) ACT (2022).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/terrorism-prevention-and-prohibition-act/section/45/