Section 63 Nigeria Police Act

Section 63 of the Nigeria Police Act 2020 is about Power to release on bail before charge is accepted. It is under Part VII (Powers of Police Officers) of the Act. It provides as follows:

(1) Where a suspect is taken into custody, and it appears to the police officer that the inquiry into the case cannot be completed immediately, he may discharge the suspect on his entering into a recognizance, with or without sureties for a reasonable amount, to appear at the police station and at such times as are named in the recognisance, unless he previously receives notice in writing from the police officer in charge of that police station that his attendance is not required.

(2) A recognisance under subsection (1) may be enforced as if it were a recognizance conditional for the appearance of the said suspect before a magistrate’s court or the place in which the police station named in the recognizance is situate.