Nigeria

Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Chapter IV
Fundamental Rights

36. (12) Subject as otherwise provided by this Constitution, a person shall not be convicted of a criminal offence unless that offence is defined and the penalty therefor is prescribed in a written law, and in this subsection, a written law refers to an Act of the National Assembly or a Law of a State, any subsidiary legislation or instrument under the provisions of a law.

Keywords

Nullum crimen sine lege



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