Section 13 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 13 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Arrest by owners of property. It provides as follows: (1) A person found committing an offence involving damage to property may be arrested without a warrant by the owner of…

Section 12 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 12 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Arrest by private persons. It provides as follows: (1) A private person may arrest any person who commits an offence triable on information in his presence or whom he reasonably…

Section 11 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 11 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Refusal to give name and residential address. It provides as follows: (1) When a person who in the presence of a Police Officer has committed or has been accused of…

Section 10 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 10 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Arrest without Warrant. It provides as follows: (1) A Police Officer or Law Enforcement Agent may, without an order of a court or without a warrant, arrest a person who…

Section 9 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 9 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Arrested Persons to be Taken to Police Station with Reasonable Dispatch. It provides as follows: (1) A person who is arrested, with or without a warrant shall be taken with…

Section 8 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 8 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Power to break out of any house for purpose of liberation. It provides as follows: A Police Officer or other person authorised to make an arrest who has entered the…

Section 7 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 7 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Search of place entered by person sought to be arrested. It provides as follows: (1) If any person or Police Officer acting under a warrant of arrest or otherwise having…

Section 6 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 6 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Inventory of property of arrested person. It provides as follows: (1) A Police Officer or Law Enforcement Officer making an arrest or to whom anarrested person is handed over to…

Section 5 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 5 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Search of arrested person. It provides as follows: (1) Whenever a person is arrested by a Police Officer or a private person, the Police Officer making the arrest or to…

Section 4 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 4 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Arrest in lieu. It provides as follows: (1) A person shall not be arrested in lieu of any other person in a criminal matter. (2) The provisions of subsection (1)…