Section 269 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 269 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about In certain cases, prosecution has no right of reply. It provides as follows:

(1) After the case for the prosecution is concluded, the defendant or the legal practitioner representing him, if any, shall be entitled to address the Court at the commencement or conclusion of his case, as he deems fit, and if no witnesses have been called for the defence, other than the defendant himself or witnesses solely as to the character of the defendant and no document is put in as evidence for the
defence, the prosecution shall not be entitled to address the Court a second time but if in opening the case for the defence, the person appearing for the defendant has in addressing the Court introduced a new matter without supporting it by evidence, the Court, in its discretion, may allow the prosecution to reply.

(2) Addresses under the provisions of subsection (1) shall be in writing and may be adopted in open Court.

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