Section 346 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 346 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Provisions in case of offender failing to observe conditions of release. It provides as follows:

(1) If the Court before which an offender is bound by his recognisance under sections 341 to 345 to appear for conviction or sentence is satisfied by information on oath that the offender has failed to observe any of the conditions of his recognisance, it shall issue a warrant for his arrest or shall if it deems fit instead of issuing a warrant in the first instance, issue a summons to the offender and his sureties, if any, requiring him or them to attend at such Court and at such time as may be specified in the summons.

(2) The offender when arrested shall if not brought forthwith before the Court in which he is bound by his recognisance to appear for conviction or sentence be brought before another Court.

(3) The Court before which an offender on arrest is brought or before which he appears in pursuance of such summons, may if it is not the Court before which he is bound by his recognisance to appear for conviction or sentence, remand him in custody or on bail until he can be brought before the last mentioned Court.

(4) A Court before which a person is bound by his recognisance to appear for conviction and sentence on being satisfied that he has failed to observe any conditions of his recognisance shall, without further proof of his guilt, convict and sentence him for the original offence.

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