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| Name: | Criminal Code (Amendment) Act, 2020. |
| Country: | Nigeria |
| Subject(s): | Criminal and penal law |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 2020-07 |
| Entry into force: | |
| ISN: | NGA-2020-L-112594 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=112594&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Legislation on-line  National Assembly, Federal Republic of Nigeria PDF of Bill as presented (consulted on 2022-03-15) |
| Abstract/Citation: | Increases the penalties for the crime of kidnap and deletes all reference to specific genders when it comes to the offence of rape. |
| Amended text(s): |