Section 272 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 272 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Reference to Court of Appeal. It provides as follows:

(1) Where any question as to the interpretation of the Constitution of the Federation arises in the course of a trial and is referred to the Court of Appeal under the provisions of the Constitution, the Court before which the question arose may in its discretion either—

(a) adjourn the trial until such question shall have been considered and decided; or
(b) conclude the trial and postpone the verdict until such time as the question has been considered and decided; or

(c) conclude the trial and pass sentence and suspend execution until such time as the question has been considered and decided, and in any such case the Court in its discretion shall commit the defendant or convicted person to prison or admit him to bail in accordance with sections 115 to 139.

(2) When the question has been decided, the Court shall—
(a) continue the trial or discharge the defendant; or
(b) acquit or convict the defendant; or
(c) order the execution of the sentence, as the circumstances may require.

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