Section 100 - Prohibition of broadcast, 24 hours preceding or on polling day

(1) Any person, print or electronic medium that broadcasts, publishes, advertises or circulates any material for the purpose of promoting or opposing a particular political party or the election of a particular candidate over the radio, television, newspaper, magazine, handbills, or any print or electronic media whatsoever called within 24 hours immediately preceding or on polling day commits an offence under this Act.

(2) Where an offence under subsection (1) is committed by a body corporate, the principal officers of that body shall be deemed to have equally committed the same offence.

(3) Any person convicted of an offence under this section is liable -

(a) in the case of a body corporate to a minimum fine of ₦3,000,000 and maximum fine of ₦5,000,000; and

(b) in the case of an individual to a minimum fine of ₦3,000,000 and maximum fine of ₦5,000,000 or to imprisonment for a term of six months or both.