Section 164 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 164 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Person tried for misdemeanour not to be acquitted if felony proved, unless Court so direct. It provides as follows:

If upon the trial of any person for any misdemeanour or simple offence, it appears that the facts proved in evidence amount in law to a felony, such person shall not by reason of that fact be entitled to be acquitted of such misdemeanour or simple offence and no person tried for such misdemeanour or simple offence shall be
liable to be afterwards prosecuted for felony on the same facts, unless the Court shall think fit, in its discretion, to stop the trial and to direct such person to be indicted or charged for felony, in which case such person may be dealt with in all respects as if he had not been put upon his trial for such misdemeanour or simple offence.