Section 242(A) – “Abuse of Religious and Noble Belief”: Whoever abuses religious or noble spiritual beliefs for political exploitation or with the intention to excite or promote feeling of hatred, enmity or discord among religious communities or commits an act intended or is likely to cause the same, commits an offence and shall on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or with fine or with both. Explanation:- Religious creed and noble beliefs include African traditional beliefs. Section 243 - “Injury or Defiling Place of Worship with Intent to Insult the Religion of any Class”: Whoever destroys, damages or defiles any place of worship or any object held sacred by any class of persons with the intention of thereby insulting the religion of any class of persons or with the knowledge that any class of persons is likely to consider such destruction, damage or defilement as an insult to their religion, commits an offence and shall on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or with fine or with both. Section 244 - “Disturbing Religious Assembly”: Whoever voluntarily causes disturbance to any assembly lawfully engaged in the performance of religious worship or religious ceremonies, commits an offence and shall on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or with fine or with both. Section 245 - “Committing Trespass on Burial Places etc.”: Whoever, with the intention of injuring the feelings of any person or of insulting the religion of any person or with the knowledge that the feelings of any person are likely to be injured thereby, commits any trespass in any place of worship or on any place of burial or offers any indignity to any human corpse or commits any act of disrespect towards such corpse or causes disturbance to any persons assembled for the performance of funeral ceremonies, commits an offence and shall on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or with fine or with both. CHAPTER 22. OFFENCES AFFECTING HUMAN BODY OFFENCES AFFECTING LIFE Section 246 - “Culpable Homicide Define”: Whoever causes death by doing an act:(a) with the intention of causing death or such bodily injury as is likely to cause death; or (b) with the knowledge that he is likely by such act to cause death; commits the offence of culpable homicide. 67

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