Section 365 - Forgery of public seals, etc.

Whoever forges-

(a) a thing which purports to be the great seal of the United Kingdom or the public seal of the Northern Region or of any government within the Federation of Nigeria or Her Majesty's privy seal or any privy signet of Her Majesty or Her Majesty's royal sign manual or the seal of the Governor or any public seal lawfully appointed to be used for authenticating an act of state in any part of Her Majesty's dominions or in any country under the protection of Her Majesty; or

(b) a document having on it or affixed to it any such seal signet or sign manual or anything which purports to be or is intended by the person to be understood to be, any such seal, signet or sign manual,

shall be punished with imprisonment for life or for any less term and shall also be liable to fine.

Editor's note: this text is missing from the Laws of the Federation (1990, Cap. 532) source used for this app. It is reproduced from the Penal Code Law, 1959 (Northern Region No. 18 of 1959), from which this Code derives. The Federal Capital Territory version may differ in wording or penalty; check against an official print.