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Passport (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act

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2. scription normally issued to a Nigerian citizen, not being a passport of the description

4. fine.

5. the alien concerned may be deported from Nigeria.

An Act to creat e, among other things , certain offences and their punishment , in re –

spect of passports.

[1985 No. 15.)

[8 th August , 1985]

[Commencement.)

Certain offences in respect of passports

(1) As from the commencement of this Act, it shall be an offence for any person-
(a) not being a citizen of Nigeria, to have, hold or be in possession of any Nigerian

passport;

(b) to have, hold or be in unauthorised possession of more than one valid standard

Nigerian passport;

(c) unlawfully to alter, tamper with or mutilate any passport or any pages thereof;
(d) knowingly to make or cause to be made any false statement for the purpose of

procuring a passport whether for himself or for another person;

(e) to submit multiple application forms to one or more passport offices with the

intention of obtaining multiple passports;

(f) to knowingly conceal, hide from or fail to disclose to the proper authority the

loss of a passport;

(g) to act as a broker at or in the vicinity of any passport office or elsewhere, for

the procurement of a passport;

(h) to forge or traffic in passports or to hold or be in possession of any forged

passport knowing the same to be forged;

(i) to attempt, aid, abet, counsel, procure or connive or conspire with any other

person to commit any of the offences set out in this subsection.

(2) Any person found guilty of an offence under paragraphs ( b ) to (i) of subsec-

tion (1) of this section shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not ex-

ceeding one year.

(3) A person shall not be regarded as being in possession of more than one standard

Nigerian passport if, in addition thereto, he is in possession of any other passport of the

following descriptions issued to him by the lawful authority, that is-

(a) a Nigerian diplomatic or official passport;
(b) a Nigerian pilgrim’s passport; or
(c) a seaman’s passport or seaman’s card of identification.
(4) In this section, “ standard Nigerian pas sport” means any passport of certain de-

scription normally issued to a Nigerian citizen, not being a passport of the description

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