Ignorance
of the law is no excuse for anyone to commit a crime. Here are seven
strange laws in Nigeria you do not know that might land you in trouble.
Men of the Nigerian police dragging a suspect by force
According to an article on Naij, here are seven strange laws in the
Nigerian constitution everybody must be careful of that might land you
in jail.
7. Sale of matches made with white phosphorus: The sale of matches
made with white phosphorus or the use of white phosphorus in manufacture
of matches is a criminal offence.
White phosphorus is a material made from a common allotrope of the
chemical element phosphorus that is used in smoke, tracer, illumination,
and incendiary munitions.
It can cause death if inhaled as a smoke or ingested. Extensive exposure by burning and ingestion may result in death.
6. Breach of promise to marry: If you promise to marry a person and
fail to keep that promise, you can be sued at a court. However before
an act of a person can amount to breach of promise to marry.
These are the following prerequisites:
a) There must be evidence before the court that indeed there was a promise of statutory marriage (under the Marriage Act).
This is because the different customary laws do not provide a cause
of action for breach of executor contracts such as the promise to
marry.
b) There must be evidence that a party to the contract to marry failed to perform his obligations.
5. Witchcraft: Believe it or not, there is actually one of the Nigerian criminal code laws which is against witchcraft.
According to the law, any person who by his/her statements or
actions represents himself/herself to be a witch or to have the power of
witchcraft is guilty of misdemeanour and is liable to two years in
prison.
4. Army green: Under the Prohibition of Use act, it is illegal to
paint your private vehicle, ‘army green’. This law has been extended
sometimes to include wearing camouflage coloured attire. You do not want
to be caught by the military contravening any of these laws.
3. Christian wives: This might be one of the strangest laws. Under
the law, a wife of a Christian marriage is not criminally responsible
for an act which she is actually compelled by her husband to do in his
presence.
There is however an exception, if it is an offence punishable with
death, or one in which grievous harm to the person of another, or an
intention to cause such harm.
2. Jactitation of marriage: In Nigeria, you can obtain a
‘jactitation of marriage’ , what this means is that you can get an
injunction against someone from claiming to be your spouse.
Under the Matrimonial Causes act, if the person ignores the injunction, he/she can be arrested and prosecuted.
1. Reward for stolen property: Now, this is especially tricky. If
someone steals your property, it is criminal to advertise a reward for
the return of the stolen or lost property with a statement that no
questions will be asked, or that the person producing such property will
not be arrested or punished.
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