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CILS HARMONISED SHARIA PENAL CODE ANNOTATED
(b) with caning which may extend to forty lashes and with fine. 532
** [forfeiture] 533
362. Whoever voluntarily corrupts or fouls the water of any public well or reservoir or
other public water supply so as to render it less fit for the purpose for which it is ordinarily
used, shall be punished: 534
(a) with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years; 535 and 536
(b) with caning which may extend to sixty lashes and with fine. 537
** [forfeiture] 538
363. Whoever voluntarily vitiates the atmosphere in any place so as to make it noxious to
the health of persons in general dwelling or carrying on business in the neighbourhood or
passing along a public way, shall be punished: 539
(a) with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years; 540 or 541
(b) with caning which may extend to thirty lashes. 542
364. Whoever exhibits any false light, mark or buoy intending or knowing it to be likely
that such exhibition will mislead any navigator, shall be punished: 543
(a) with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years; 544 or 545
(b) with caning which may extend to thirty lashes. 546
530 Kano: 1 year. Katsina: 5 years.
531 Gombe, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Yobe, Zamfara have ‘or’ instead of ‘and’.
532 Bauchi, Gombe, Jigawa, Kebbi, Sokoto, Yobe, Zamfara: up to 40 lashes or fine or both. Kano,
Katsina: up to 50 lashes or N10,000 [Katsina: N50,000] fine or both.
533 Bauchi and Katsina add a subsection. In Katsina this is (a): “with forfeiture of the different drug or
medical preparation”. In Bauchi it is (c): “with forfeiture of the adulterated drugs in any case”.
534 PC, Kaduna do not divide the punishments into subsections, punishing as follows: PC: up to 2
years or fine or both. Kaduna: ta’azir.
535 Bauchi, Gombe, Jigawa, Sokoto, Yobe, Zamfara: 2 years. Kano, Kebbi: 3 years.
536 Gombe, Jigawa, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Yobe, Zamfara have ‘or’ instead of ‘and’.
537 Bauchi: up to 40 lashes or fine or both. Gombe, Jigawa, Kebbi, Sokoto, Yobe, Zamfara: up to 30
lashes or fine or both. Kano: up to 40 lashes or N50,000 fine or both. Katsina: up to 60 lashes or
N50,000 fine or both.
538 Bauchi: “(c) with forfeiture of the adulterated drugs in any case.”
539 PC, Kaduna do not divide the punishments into subsections, punishing as follows: PC: up to 6
months or fine or both. Kaduna: ta’azir.
540 Katsina: 3 years.
541 Kano has ‘and’ instead of ‘or’. Katsina omits the connective entirely.
542 Bauchi, Gombe, Jigawa, Kebbi, Sokoto, Yobe, Zamfara: up to 30 lashes or fine or both. Kano: up
to 30 lashes or N30,000 fine or both. Katsina: up to 50 lashes or N30,000 fine or both.
543 PC, Kaduna do not divide the punishments into subsections, punishing as follows: PC: up to 7
years or fine or both. Kaduna: ta’azir.
544 Bauchi: 5 years.
545 Bauchi, Kano have ‘and’ instead of ‘or’.
546 Bauchi, Gombe, Jigawa, Kebbi, Sokoto, Yobe, Zamfara: up to 30 lashes or fine or both. Kano: up
to 30 lashes or N50,000 fine or both. Katsina: up to 30 lashes or N20,000 fine or both.
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