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[Schedule.] Brief history of the penal law of the Northern States of Nigeria. The ultimate conclusion is that the Code is particularly well suited to the special characteristics of Northern Nigerian society PENAL CODE ACT CHAPTERLFN (ABUJA) ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS1[*] SECTIONShort titleEstablishment of Penal CodePunishment of offences committed in the Federal Capital Territory, AbujaOffences against laws of the FederationCivil remediesContempt of court. Victor L.K. Essien. The colonial period. Dr. Sulaiman Olayiwola Rabi’u. Abstract. Faculty of Law, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria. Human Rights and Shariah Penal Code in Northern Nigeria, Domestic Legal Pluralism and the International Criminal Court Justin Su-Wan Yang, This book explores how the unique historical development of Islamic Shari’a criminal law alongside PENAL CODE ACT CHAPTERLFN (ABUJA) ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS1[*] SECTIONShort titleEstablishment of Penal CodePunishment of offences committed in the Federal Capital Territory, AbujaOffences against laws of the The Northern Nigerian Penal Code: A Reflection of Diverse Values in Penal Legislation. SCHEDULE CHAPTER I GENERAL EXPLANATIONS AND INTERPRETATION book indexes in a chronological way all the SECTIONS of the Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) applicable in Northern Nigeria for quick references thus making legal research easy and faster; saving time and energy The paper also emphasizes the importance of a consistent standard for crimes, punishment, and administration of the criminal justice system throughout the country, standards that should be founded on the rule of law as against the rule of might, wits or opportunism We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us Northern Nigeria. Proclamation to Establish a Code of Criminal Law High Commissioner of Northern Nigeria, Law Reports of Northern Nigeria, Islamic Criminal Law in Northern Nigeria: Politics, Religion, Judicial Practice Gunnar J. Weimann, In and, twelve northern states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria introduced Notes on the Penal Code Law, (Northern Region (of Nigeria) Noof) The Constitution of Northern Nigeria Law, Northern Nigeria (Nigeria) Shari'ah Criminal Law in Northern Nigeria Heather Bourbeau Shari'a Implementation in Nigeria Joy Ezeilo,Muhammed Tawfiq Ladan,Abiola Akiyode Afolabi Islam was introduced into Northern Nigeria during the fourteenth century,and, according to the latest census figures, Northern Nigeria is% Moslem, 3% Christian and% traditional African religionistsBefore the passage of the Penal Code, Northern Nigeria experienced a plurality of criminal law regimes We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us Part of the Law Commons The Northern Nigerian Penal Code: A Reflection of Diverse Values in Penal Legislation. In and, twelve northern states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria introduced Islamic criminal law as one of a number of measures aiming at reintroducing the shari'a Penal Code contained in the Schedule to the Penal Code Law,, of the Northern States (hereinafter referred to as the Penal Code of the Northern States). victor essienSee Full PDF. Download PDF. Chinwe Onuoha Mbah Penal Code Law Of Northern Nigeria (PDF) Andrew A. Ovienloba Islamic Criminal Law in Northern Nigeria Gunnar J. Weimann Annotation. Follow this and additional works at: htps:// journal_of_international_and_comparative_law. a. Until, Islamic criminal law and procedure were widely applied in the Native Courts of Northern Nigeria Shari’ah Hudud and Northern Nigerian Penal Code. The administration of Justice in accordance with Shari’ah was given highest priority in all Islamic emirates of SHARI’AH CRIMINAL LAW IN NORTHERN NIGERIA Implementation of Expanded Shari’ah Penal and Criminal Procedure Codes in Kano, Sokoto, and Zamfara States, – UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS The Penal Code (Northern States) Federal Provisions Act of ('the Penal Code'), and the Criminal Code Act applying in southern Nigeria of ('the Criminal Code') and the Sharia penal codes all prescribe the death penalty for a range of criminal offences (1)An Act to supplement the Penal Code of the Northern States in respect of matters within the exclusive legislative competence of the National Assembly, and for purposes ancillary thereto This paper examines the natural his-tory of the Code's birth, the anatomy of the Code, and some challenges posed on account of its unusual nature.