Section 10 of the Criminal Code – Meaning, Provisions, and What You Need to Know about Nigerian Criminal Code.
Section 10 of the Criminal Code Provides as Follows:
A wife does not become an accessory after the fact to an offence of which her husband is guilty by receiving or assisting him in order to enable him to escape punishment; nor by receiving or assisting, in her husband’s presence and by his authority, another person who is guilty of an offence in the commission of which her husband has taken part, in order to enable that other person to escape punishment; nor does a husband become accessory after the fact to an offence of which his wife is guilty by receiving or assisting her in order to enable her to escape punishment.
In this section the terms “wife” and “husband” mean respectively the wife and husband of a Christian marriage.
We hope this update has helped you understand Section 10 of the Criminal Code.
You may want to check out other relevant sections:
- Section 10A of the Criminal Code
- Section 11 of the Criminal Code
- Section 12 of the Criminal Code
- Section 12A of the Criminal Code