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NGA-2020-L-112594
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Criminal Code (Amendment) Act, 2020.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Nigeria
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
2020-07
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
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 region
Amended text(s)
1916-06-01 (NGA-1916-L-52862)
Criminal Code Act (1916) (Cap C.38 LFN 2004).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
National Assembly, Federal Republic of Nigeria
URL
https://nass.gov.ng/
File
NGA112594.pdf (PDF of Bill as presented)