ikbnice:


https://www.naij.com/962574-beware-7-strange-nigerian-laws-can-land-jail.html

jahbiz:
3. Christian wives: This might be one of the strangest laws. Under the law, a wife of a Christian marriage is not criminally responsible for an act which she is actually compelled by her husband to
do in his presence.
There is however an exception, if it is an offence punishable with death, or one in which grievous harm to the person of another, or an intention to cause such harm.


What does this mean?

herzern:
Is that all??....


An Average University/Polytechnic/COE underqraduate should know all of this.....

Sermwell:

If you claim to know this, pls tell us the sections of the constitution, criminal code and other relevant laws where it is provided for!
Ignoramus forming I-too-know

HarkymTheOracle:

If to say dem really dey implement this law ehn,98% of our adult population go dey jail.

Teespice:
number 7 get as e be. I can't find anywhere in our written laws where number 7 is prohibited.

the last time I checked, under the cultural compatibility of the criminal code, witchcraft wasn't recognised under the criminal code and people who committed crimes under the guise of witchcraft and black magic were convicted and sentenced accordingly. I really wish I could cite cases to back up my point but I have forgotten the names but can still remember the principles and parts of the judgment. unless the status quo ante has been changed.

I agree with the rest.

odd enough, these laws are not found in the constitution. they are found in the marriage act, criminal code and the evidence act.

[size=1pt]Say, the lovely Teespice[/size]

naptu2:
Most of these laws are not in the constitution.

AfroKnight:

Barrister, on this promise to marry law sha...

So, if I kneel down to propose to bae and she says yes, I cannot stand up and cancel it? What if my long lost crush were unexpectedly available. Would I be unable to defect to her side?

pippimp:
Now i see why Nigerians are crazy. They have laws backing their insanity. How do you prove witchcraft?

Teespice:
number 7 get as e be. I can't find anywhere in our written laws where number 7 is prohibited.

the last time I checked, under the cultural compatibility of the criminal code, witchcraft wasn't recognised under the criminal code and people who committed crimes under the guise of witchcraft and black magic were convicted and sentenced accordingly. I really wish I could cite cases to back up my point but I have forgotten the names but can still remember the principles and parts of the judgment. unless the status quo ante has been changed.

I agree with the rest.

odd enough, these laws are not found in the constitution. they are found in the marriage act, criminal code and the evidence act.

Teespice:


if you propose to someone and she agrees and you end up not marrying her, it is a breach of promise on your own part and vice versa. that's how it is stricto sensu, although in this parts, one can still break off an engagement and life goes on. a party can bring an action in court and would succeed especially if he/she has lost something tangible as a result of a broken engagement.

marriage is like a contract so to speak. promise to marry can be evidenced in writing, by words of mouth or by the action of the parties.

exceptions can be seen in cases of misrepresentation, mistake and contracts made by a minor who does not have a guardian in loco parentis. in that case, promise to marry can be voided.

AfroKnight:


Interesting. Hopefully it doesn't come with prison term attached sha. It would be unfair to go to prison just because you don't love someone anymore.

Gwazah:

the real charges is "Offences Related to witchcraft and practicing Juju" contrary to section 216 of the penal code laws of northern Nigeria. But I don't know that of criminal code.

ikbnice:
someone faster than you overtook you. In Dame Patience Jonathan's voice, 'it's not easy to carry second'