According to the Penal Code of 1960, criminal laws purportedly based on sharīʿa ceased to exist in Northern Nigeria. In 2000, twelve states of Northern Nigeria sought to reintroduce Islamic criminal law, which had been partially in place prior to the 1960 law reforms. In reintroducing Islamic criminal law, eleven of the states enacted new penal codes, which now exist side by side with the old penal code. The twelfth state, Niger State, amended the old penal code. This is the text of the Niger State Penal Code Amendment.