Nigeria - 1983 - Trade, Industry and Investment

Miscellaneous Offences Act

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria

This is an Act specifying miscellaneous offences and their stiff penalties and for the trial of such offenders. This act defines various offences, including the wilful setting on fire of cultivations and the sale of goods prohibited from importation by any law force in Nigeria. The act empowers the Federal High Court to try any person for any of such offences.

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Miscellaneous Offences Act Current Version

January 2022

This is an Act specifying miscellaneous offences and their stiff penalties and for the trial of such offenders. This act defines various offences, including the wilful setting on fire of cultivations and the sale of goods prohibited from importation by any law force in Nigeria. The act empowers the Federal High Court to try any person for any of such offences.

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