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.
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