Section 135 - Preventing service or publication of summons, etc.

Whoever in any manner-

(a) intentionally prevents the serving on himself or on any other person of a summons, notice or order proceeding from a public officer legally competent as such public officer to issue the summons, notice or order; or

(b) intentionally prevents the lawful affixing to any place of the summons, notice or order; or

(c) intentionally removes the summons, notice or order from a place to which it is lawfully affixed; or

(d) intentionally prevents the lawful making of a proclamation under the authority of any public officer legally competent as such a public officer to direct that proclamation to be made, shall be punished-

(i) with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month or with fine which may extend to twenty naira or with both; or

(ii) if the summons, notice, order or proclamation is to attend in person or by agent or to produce a document in a court of justice with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to forty naira or with both.