Section 363 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 363 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Order for production of prisoners. It provides as follows:

(1) Where—
(a) any defendant before any Court of a State is confined in a prison or other lawful place of confinement in any other State; or
(b) it appears to any Court of a State that the attendance of any person who is in lawful confinement in any State is necessary for the purpose of obtaining evidence in any proceedings before the Court under this Law, the Court shall issue an order directed to the Superintendent or other officer in charge of the prison or place where the person is confined requiring him to produce the person at the time and place specified in the order.

(2) Any order made under this section shall be served upon the Superintendent of Prisons or officer to whom it is directed in whatever State he may be and he shall produce the defendant in such custody at the time and place specified.

(3) The Court before which any person is produced in accordance with an order issued under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section may make such order as to the costs of compliance with this order as the Court deems just.

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