vol_4_4_chapter_4_part_III

CHAPTER 4: THE SHARIA PENAL CODES
(a) gives or sells or offers for sale or delivers any lottery ticket or pays or receives
directly or indirectly any money or money's worth for or in respect of any chance in or
event or contingency connected with a lottery 615 ; or
(b) draws, throws, declares or exhibits expressly or otherwise the winner or winning
number, ticket, lot, figure, design, symbol or other result of any lottery 616 ; or
(c) writes, prints, publishes or causes to be written, printed or published any lottery
ticket or any announcement relating to a lottery 617 ; or
(d) advances, furnishes or receives money for the purpose of a lottery 618 ,
shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with
caning of fifteen lashes or with fine or with any two of the above. 619
** [exceptions] 620
398. On conviction of an offence under section 396 or section 397 the court may in
addition to any other penalty, make an order for the forfeiture of all equipment, instruments,
money or money's worth and proceeds obtained and used in furtherance of the offences
mentioned in sections 395 to 397 of this law. 621
Cruelty to Animals
399. Whoever cruelly beats, tortures or otherwise wilfully ill-treats any tame or domestic
animal or any wild animal which has previously been deprived of its liberty or arranges,
promotes or organises fights between cocks, birds, rams, or other domestic animals shall be
punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with fine or
with both. 622
400. Whoever wantonly overrides, overdrives or overloads any animal or wantonly employs
any animal which by reason of age, sickness, wounds or infirmity is not in a condition to do
615 PC: “public lottery”.
616 PC: “public lottery”.
617 PC: “public lottery”.
618 PC: “public lottery”.
619 PC: 6 months/fine/both. Bauchi: 1 year/exactly 40 lashes/fine/any two. Kano: 5 years/exactly 40
lashes/N50,000 fine. Katsina: 5 years/exactly 15 lashes/N50,000 fine. Kebbi: as here, but leaving off
“or with any two of the above”. Sokoto: 6 months or exactly 15 lashes and fine. Kaduna: ta’azir.
620 PC adds a subsection (2): “Nothing in this subsection shall apply: (a) to the sale by raffle or lottery
of articles exposed for sale at any gathering held for the purpose of raising funds in aid of any
institution of a public character where permission for such sale shall have been given in writing by the
Governor; (b) to any lottery or sweepstake organised or controlled at or in connection with any race
meeting held under the auspices of any race club or association in Northern Nigeria which has been
exempted from the provisions of this section by the Governor by notice in the Northern Nigeria
Gazette; (c) to any club to which the Governor has granted a licence authorising a lottery to be
promoted as an incident of entertainment by members of the club on the premises of the club and
subject to any conditions contained in the licence; (d) to any lottery or sweepstake organised and
controlled by any race club in Northern Nigeria to which the Governor may by notice in the Northern
Nigeria Gazette extend the provisions of this section, or in any connection with any race meeting held
under the auspices of any such club or association.”
621 PC omits this section.
622 PC: 1 year/£50 fine/both. Gombe, Jigawa, Sokoto, Yobe, Zamfara: 3 months/N1,000 fine/both.
Kano, Katsina: 6 months/N5,000 fine/both. Kaduna: ta’azir.
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