Senate approves life imprisonment for rape, 10 years for incest and Child P0rnography
The Senate yesterday passed the S3xual Offences Bill which approves life imprisonment for gang rape, 10 years for incest, another 10 years imprisonment for child P0rnography and a fine of N2 million as well as 14 years jail term for any other form of S3xual offences committed in Nigeria.
The sponsor of the bill and Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence, Senator Chris Anyanwu, said the bill, which had been in the senate since 2013, amongst other things ‘seeks to make a comprehensive legislation on S3xual offences by criminalizing certain acts such as S3xual tourism, child P0rnography and cultural and religious S3xual offences in our criminal jurisprudence”.
The Senate passed the bill yesterday during the “rush hour” plenary session in which 46 bills were passed in 10 minutes.
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