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Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) (Amendment) Act, 2024 🇳🇬

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Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) (Amendment) Act, 2024

  • Assented to on 28 February 2024
  • Commenced on 28 February 2024
  • [This is the version of this document from 28 February 2024.]
An Act to amend Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, No. 17, 2015 to insert some consequential words that were inadvertently omitted in the Act; and for related matters.
ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria-

1. Amendment of Act No.17, 2015

The Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, No. 17, 2015 (in this Act referred to as "the Principal Act" is amended as set out in this Act.

2. Amendment of section 17

Section 17 of the Principal Act is amended-
(a)in subsection (2) by substituting for the word "geniuses" the word "genuineness"; and
(b)in subsection (4) by inserting after the word "signature", the words, "except where they are legally verified in "Certified True Copies".

3. Amendment of section 21

Section 21 (1) of the Principal Act is amended-
(a)in subsection…

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