Section 104 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 104 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Cases in which search warrants may be issued. It provides as follows:

(1) Where a Magistrate is satisfied by information on oath or in writing that there is reasonable ground for believing that there is the State in any building, ship, carriage, receptacle, motor vehicle, aircraft or place—
(a) anything upon or in respect of which any offence has been or is suspected to have been committed;

(b) anything which there is reasonable ground for believing will afford evidence of the commission of any offence;

(c) anything which there is reasonable ground for believing is intended to be used for the purpose of committing any offence, the Magistrate may at any time issue a warrant, called a search warrant, authorizing an officer of the Court, member of the Police Force, or other person named in it to—
(i) to search such building, ship, carriage, receptacle, motor vehicle, aircraft or place for any such thing, and to seize and carry such thing before the Magistrate issuing the search warrant or some other Magistrate to be dealt with according to law; and
(ii) to arrest the occupier of the house or place where the thing was found if the Magistrate deems fit so to direct on the warrant.

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