vol_4_4_chapter_4_part_III

CHAPTER 4: THE SHARIA PENAL CODES
293. Whoever being a public servant accepts or obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to
obtain for himself or for any other person any valuable thing without consideration or for a
consideration which he knows to be inadequate:
(a) from any person whom he knows to have been or to be or to be likely to be
concerned in any proceeding or business transacted or about to be transacted by such
public servant or having any connection with the official functions of himself or of
any public servant to whom he is subordinate; or
(b) from any person whom he knows to be interested in or related to the person so
concerned,
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 thirty lashes. 398
294. Whoever in any of the circumstances mentioned in section 293 offers or gives or
agrees to give to any public servant or to any person, in whom a public servant is interested
or to whom he is related, any valuable thing without consideration or for a consideration
which he knows to be inadequate, 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 thirty
lashes. 399
295. Whoever knowingly profits by any gratification or benefit obtained in any of the
circumstances mentioned in sections 289, 290 or 293 but does not take any active part in
obtaining such gratification or benefit, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which
may extend to one year and shall also be liable to caning which may extend to twenty
lashes. 400
296. Whoever being a public servant in his capacity as such dishonestly receives from any
person any money or other property which he is not authorised to receive or which is in
excess of the amount which he is authorised to receive shall be punished with imprisonment
for a term which may extend to two years and shall be liable to caning which may extend to
twenty lashes. 401
297. Whoever being a public servant knowingly disobeys any direction of the law as to the
way in which he is to conduct himself as such public servant intending thereby or knowing
himself to be likely thereby:
(a) to cause injury to any person or to the public; or
(b) to save any person from legal punishment or to subject him to a less punishment
than that to which he is liable or to delay the imposition on any person of any legal
punishment; or
398 PC: 5 years or fine or both. Bauchi: 5 years/30 lashes. Kano, Katsina: 3 year or 30 lashes or both.
Kebbi: 3 years or fine or both and up to 30 lashes. Kaduna: ta’azir. Gombe: as here and adds “and shall
be liable to disciplinary action as regards his conduct.”
399 PC: 2 years or fine or both. Bauchi: 3 years/40 lashes. Kebbi: 3 years or fine or both and up to 30
lashes. Kaduna: ta’azir. Gombe: as here and adds “and shall be liable to disciplinary action as regards
his conduct.”
400 PC: 1 year or fine or both. Bauchi: 6 months/20 lashes. Jigawa: 1 year/30 lashes. Kebbi: 1 year or
fine or both and up to 20 lashes. Kaduna: ta’azir. Gombe: as here and adds “and shall be liable to
disciplinary action as regards his conduct.”
401 PC: 5 years of fine or both. Bauchi: 2 years/40 lashes. Kebbi: 2 years or fine or both and up to 20
lashes. Kaduna: ta’azir. Gombe: as here and adds “and shall be liable to disciplinary action as regards
his conduct.”
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