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CILS HARMONISED SHARIA PENAL CODE ANNOTATED
a term which may extend to one year and may also be liable to caning which may extend to
thirty lashes. 382
279. Whenever force or violence is used by an unlawful assembly or by any member
thereof in prosecution of the common object of such assembly, every member of such
assembly is guilty of the offence of rioting.
280. Whoever is guilty of rioting shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which
may extend to two years and shall also be liable to caning which may extend to fifty
lashes. 383
281. Whoever is guilty of rioting being armed with a deadly weapon or with anything which
used as a weapon of offence is likely to cause death, shall be punished with imprisonment for
a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to caning which may extend
to sixty lashes. 384
282 If an offence is committed by any member of an unlawful assembly in prosecution of
the common object of that assembly, every person, who at the time of the committing of
that offence is a member of the assembly, is guilty of that offence.
283. Whoever promotes or does any act with intent to assist the promotion of an unlawful
assembly, shall be punishable as a member of such unlawful assembly and for any offence
which may be committed by any member thereof in the same manner as if he had himself
been a member of such unlawful assembly.
284. Whoever joins or continues in any assembly of five or more persons 385 likely to cause
disturbance of the public peace knowing that such assembly has been lawfully commanded
to disperse, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year
and may also be liable to caning which may extend to thirty lashes. 386
285. Whoever wears, carries or displays in public any emblem, flag, article of clothing or
other token or device in such manner or on such occasion or in such circumstances as:
(a) to constitute an offence under any other section of this law, or of any other
subsisting Act or Law; or
(b) to cause or be likely to cause annoyance to the public or any section thereof, or a
breach of the peace, or disturbance of the public peace, or the commission of an
offence,
382 PC: 5 years or fine or both. Bauchi: 2 years or fine or both. Gombe, Jigawa, Kebbi, Sokoto, Yobe,
Zamfara: 1 year or fine or both. Kano, Katsina: 2 years or N20,000 or both. Kaduna: ta’azir.
383 PC, Gombe, Jigawa, Sokoto, Yobe, Zamfara: 3 years or fine or both. Bauchi: 3 years/40 lashes or
fine or both. Kano, Katsina: 3 years or N30,000 or both. Kaduna: ta’azir. Kebbi: omits this section
entirely, attaching the title of this section to the next on rioting armed with deadly weapon, which is
repeated twice.
384 PC: 5 years or fine or both. Bauchi: 5 years/40 lashes. Gombe, Jigawa, Kebbi, Sokoto, Yobe,
Zamfara: 5 years/60 lashes. Kano, Katsina: 7 years/60 lashes. Kaduna: ta’azir.
385 Gombe: 3 or more persons.
386 PC, Gombe: 1 year or fine or both. Bauchi: 2 years or 20 lashes or both. Jigawa, Kebbi, Sokoto,
Yobe, Zamfara: 2 years or fine or both. Katsina, Kano: 1 year or N10,000 or both. Kaduna: ta’azir. PC
adds an explanation omitted in all SPCs.
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