Section 52 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 52 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Police to prevent offences and prevent injury to property. It provides as follows:

(1) Every Police Officer may intervene for the purpose of preventing, and shall to the best of his ability prevent, the commission of any offence.

(2) A Police Officer may of his own authority intervene to prevent any damage attempted to be committed in his view to any property, movable or immovable, or the removal of or damage to any landmark or buoy or other mark used for navigation.

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