Nigerian Penal Code Act

Section 143 - Refusing to sign statement.

Whoever refuses to sign a statement made by him when required to sign that statement by a public officer legally competent to require that he shall sign that statement, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to twenty naira or with both.

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