(b) Will cause fear of violence, death or bodily harm; prohibit the defendant from doing anything described/specified in the order. (4) A defendant who does anything which he is prohibited from doing by an order under this section commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to fine of not more than N10,000,000.00 or imprisonment for a term of not more than 3 years or to both such fine and imprisonment. (5) The order made under sub-section3 of this section may have effect of a specified period or until further order as the defendant or any other person mentioned in the order may apply to the court which made the order for it to be varied or discharged by a further order (6) Notwithstanding the powers of the court under sub-section (3) and (5) the court may make an interim order for the protection of victim (s) from further exposure to the alleged offence.” 31. This provision of Section 24 of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015 deals with acts that, in the eyes of the law, are considered illegal. 32. The acts enshrined in the section invade the rights of others. 33. Citing Article 9 (2) of the African Charter, the Defendant State contends that the phrase “within the law” mentioned in subsection (2) of Article 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights means any law that passed the test of legal criteria in a democratic society, such as, for example, passing through a national assembly democratically constituted and approved by the democratically elected President of the country. 34. Ant this is the exact criterion that Section 24 of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015 went through in order to become law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. 35. Article 1 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights empowers each Member State, that is, any country that is a signatory to the Charter, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, including, to adopt legislative or other measures to give effect to the freedoms enshrined in the Charter. 10

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