Nigeria - 2016 - Justice

Street Begging and Hawking (Prohibition) Law, 2016

Nigeria, Street Begging Government

This law prohibits street begging and hawking in Kaduna State. It emphasizes that any persons that contravenes the law commits offence and therefore liable on conviction to a term not exceeding three months imprisonment or fine not exceeding N10,000.

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January 2022

This law prohibits street begging and hawking in Kaduna State. It emphasizes that any persons that contravenes the law commits offence and therefore liable on conviction to a term not exceeding three months imprisonment or fine not exceeding N10,000.

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