Section 89 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 89 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Service on persons in Government service. It provides as follows:

Where the person summoned is in the service of Government, the Court issuing the summons may send it in duplicate to the Director or Head of the Department in which such person is employed for the purpose of being served on such person, if it shall appear to the Court that such is the most convenient form of service and such Director or Head of Department shall cause the summons to be served in the manner provided by paragraph (a) of section 87 and shall return the duplicate to the Court under his signature, with the endorsement required by section 92. Such signature shall be evidence of the service.