Nigerian Penal Code Act

Section 39 - Invalid consents.

A consent is not such a consent as is intended by any section of this Invalid Penal Code, if the consent is given- consents.

(a) by a person under fear of injury, or under a misconception of fact, and if the person doing the act knows, or has reason to believe, that the consent was given in consequence of that fear or misconception; or

(b) by a person who, from unsoundness of mind or intoxication, is unable to understand the nature and consequence of that to which he gives his consent; or

(c) by a person who is under fourteen years of age.

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