Section 186 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 186 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Warrant for arrest of witness disobeying summons. It provides as follows:

If any person to whom any writ of subpoena is directed does not attend Court at the time and place mentioned in it, and no reasonable excuse is offered for such nonattendance, then, upon the Court being satisfied that the writ was duly served or that the person to whom the writ is directed wilfully avoids service and that such person is likely to give material evidence, the Court may issue a warrant to arrest such person, and to bring him, at a time to be mentioned in the warrant, before the Court in order to give evidence on behalf of the prosecution or of the defence, as the case may be.