Section 110 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 110 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Detention of articles seized. It provides as follows:

(1) When upon the execution of a search warrant anything referred to in section 104 is seized and brought before any Magistrate, the Magistrate may detain or order it to be detained, taking reasonable care that it is preserved until the conclusion of the trial.

(2) If any person is committed for trial, or if any appeal is made, he may order it to be detained in such manner and place and by such person as he may direct for the purpose of the trial or pending the hearing of the appeal.

(3) If no person is committed for trial or no appeal is made, the Magistrate shall, except in the cases hereinafter mentioned, unless he is authorised or required by Law to dispose of it otherwise, direct—

(a) that the property or a part of it is restored to the person who appears to the Magistrate to be entitled to it, and if he is the person charged, that it be restored either to him or to such other person as the person charged may direct; or

(b) that the property or a part of it be applied to the payment of any costs or compensation directed to be paid by the person charged.

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