Section 66 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 66 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Transfer of case where cause of complaint has arisen out of jurisdiction of Court. It provides as follows:

(1) If the defendant is in custody and the Magistrate directing such transfer deems it expedient that such custody should be continued or if he is not in custody, that he should be placed in custody, the Magistrate shall by his warrant, commit the defendant to prison until he can be taken before a Magistrate of the District where the cause arose.

(2) The charge and recognisance, if any, taken by such first named Magistrate under the provisions of this Law shall be transmitted by him to the Magistrate before whom the defendant is to be taken; and such charge and recognisance, if any, shall be treated for all intents and purposes as if they had been taken by such last mentioned Magistrate.

(3) If the defendant is not detained or placed in custody, the Magistrate shall inform him that he has directed the transfer of the case, and the provisions of the last preceding subsection relating to the transmission and use of the documents in the case shall apply.

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