CAP. 63 Penal Code [Rev. 2012] (3) Any prohibited publication which is seized or detained as aforesaid, or which in any other manner comes into the possession or custody of any court or any public officer, shall be forfeited and may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of, as may be directed by such court or by the Commissioner of Police, as the case may be. [Act No. 54 of 1960, s. 11, L.N. 427/1963, Act No. 24 of 1967, Sch., Act No. 29 of 1968, s. 7.] 55. Deleted by Act No. 46 of 1963, Second Sch. (1) administers, or is present at and consents to the administering of, any oath, or engagement in the nature of an oath, purporting to bind the person who takes it to commit any offence punishable with death ; or (2) takes any such oath or engagement, not being compelled to do so, is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for life. 56. Deleted by Act No. 10 of 1997, Sch. (1) administers, or is present at and consents to the administering of, any oath or engagement in the nature of an oath, purporting to bind the person who takes it to act in any of the ways following, that is to say— (a) to engage in any mutinous or seditious enterprise; (b) to commit any offence not punishable with death; (c) to disturb the public peace; (d) to be of any association, society or confederacy, formed for the purpose of doing any such act as aforesaid; (e) to obey the orders or commands of any committee or body of men not lawfully constituted, or of any leader or commander or other person not having authority by law for that purpose; (f) not to inform or give evidence against any associate, confederate or other person; (g) not to reveal or discover any unlawful association, society or confederacy, or any illegal act done or to be done, or any illegal oath or engagement that may have been administered or tendered to or taken by himself or any other person, or the import of any such oath or engagement ; or (2) takes any such oath or engagement, not being Compelled to do so, is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for seven years. 57. Deleted by Act No.10 of 1997, Sch. 58. Deleted by Act No. 10 of 1997, Sch. 59. Unlawful oaths to commit capital offences Any person who— (a) is present at, and consents to the administering of, any oath, or engagement in the nature of an oath, purporting to bind the person who takes it to commit any offence punishable with death; or (b) takes any such oath or engagement, not being compelled to do so, is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for life. [Act No. 52 of 1955, s. 4.] 60. Administration of unlawful oaths to commit capital offences [Issue 1] P6-34

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