Section 9 of the Criminal Code – Meaning, Provisions, and What You Need to Know about Nigerian Criminal Code.
Section 9 of the Criminal Code Provides as Follows:
When a person counsels another to commit an offence, and an offence is actually committed after such counsel by the person to whom it is given, it is immaterial whether the offence actually committed is the same as that counselled or a different one, provided in either case that the facts constituting the offence actually committed are a probable consequence of carrying out the counsel.
In either case, the person who gave the counsel is deemed to have counselled the other person to commit the offence actually committed by him.
We hope this update has helped you understand Section 9 of the Criminal Code.
You may want to check out other relevant sections:
- Section 10 of the Criminal Code
- Section 11 of the Criminal Code
- Section 12 of the Criminal Code
- Section 13 of the Criminal Code