Section 200 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 200 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Public to have Access to Hearing. It provides as follows:

(1) Subject to the provisions of sections 202 and 217 of this Act and any other written law specifically relating to the room or place in which any trial is to take place, a trial shall be conducted in an open court to which the public generally may have access to, as far as it can conveniently contain them.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection
(1) of this section, the court may conduct its proceedings, whether wholly or in part via audio virtual, video conference or other facility as may be agreed to by parties, as long as the parties and their legal representatives, as well as
interested members of the public take part, using telephone or video conferencing facilities, without the necessity of physical attendance in
the courtroom.

(3) Where parties are unable to agree to a particular technological platform, the court shall direct that the matter be heard through a platform of its discretion.

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