Nigerian Penal Code Act

Section 359 - Breaking open receptacle by person entrusted with custody.

Whoever, being entrusted with a closed receptacle which contains or which he believes to contain property, without having authority to open the h same dishonestly or with intent to commit mischief breaks open or unfastens that receptacle, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both.

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