Nigerian Penal Code Act
Section 165 - False translation.
Whoever knowingly makes a false translation of the evidence of a witness or of the statement of an accused person or of a party to a civil suit or makes a false translation or copy of a document with the intention that the translation or copy shall be used in a manner in a judicial proceeding or knowing that it is likely to be so used, and whoever knowingly uses the translation or copy in a manner in a judicial proceeding, shall be punished in the same manner as if he gave false evidence.
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