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===Nigeria=== The Criminal Code Act (chapter 29 of Part V; sections 351 to 365) creates a number of offences of assault.<ref>{{cite web|title=Criminal Code Act-PartV|url=http://www.nigeria-law.org/Criminal%20Code%20Act-PartV.htm#Chapter%2029|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021124135626/http://www.nigeria-law.org/Criminal%20Code%20Act-PartV.htm|archive-date=24 November 2002|access-date=10 May 2015}}</ref> Assault is defined by section 252 of that Act. Assault is a misdemeanor punishable by one year imprisonment; assault with "intent to have carnal knowledge of him or her" or who indecently assaults another, or who commits other more-serious variants of assault (as defined in the Act) are guilty of a felony, and longer prison terms are provided for.<ref>{{cite web|title=Criminal Code Act-PartV|url=http://www.nigeria-law.org/Criminal%20Code%20Act-PartV.htm#Chapter%2025|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021124135626/http://www.nigeria-law.org/Criminal%20Code%20Act-PartV.htm#Chapter%2025|archive-date=24 November 2002|access-date=10 May 2015}}</ref>
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