Section 97 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 97 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Warrant may issue before or after return date of summons. It provides as follows: Notwithstanding the issue of a summons as provided in section 79, a warrant may be issued…

Section 96 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 96 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Application of sections 21 to 30 to such warrant. It provides as follows: Where a warrant of arrest is issued in consequence of a complaint on oath as aforesaid, the…

Section 95 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 95 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Issue of warrant for defendant in the first instance. It provides as follows: Where upon a complaint being made before a Magistrate as provided in section 23 such Magistrate decides…

Section 94 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 94 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Warrant may issue where summons is disobeyed. It provides as follows: If the Court is satisfied that the defendant has been served with a summons and the defendant does not…

Section 93 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 93 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Person refusing to endorse may be arrested. It provides as follows: Every person who is required to endorse to the effect that he has received the summons and fails to…

Section 92 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 92 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Receipt of service of summons. It provides as follows: (1) Where a summons has been served upon the person to whom it is addressed or is delivered to any other…

Section 91 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 91 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Service outside local jurisdiction. It provides as follows: Where a Court desires that a summons issued by it shall be served at any place outside the jurisdiction in which it…

Section 90 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 90 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Proof of service when serving officer not present. It provides as follows: Where the Officer who served a summons is not present at the hearing of the case, proof of…

Section 89 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 89 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Service on persons in Government service. It provides as follows: Where the person summoned is in the service of Government, the Court issuing the summons may send it in duplicate…

Section 88 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 88 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Service where person summoned cannot be found. It provides as follows: Where service in the manner provided by paragraph (a) of section 87 cannot by the exercise of due diligence…