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Section 150 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 150 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Owner and value of property need not be named unless specifically required. It provides as follows: (1) The description of property in a charge shall be in ordinary language and…
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Section 149 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 149 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Sense of words used in charge. It provides as follows: (1) In every charge, words used in describing an offence shall be deemed to have been used in the sense…
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Section 148 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 148 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Particulars of a charge. It provides as follows: (1) The charge shall contain such particulars as to the date and place of the offence, and the person, if any, against…
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Section 147 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 147 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Form of charge. It provides as follows: (1) Every charge shall contain the following—(a) the offence with which a defendant is charged; (b) if the written law creating the offence…
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Section 146 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 146 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Form of charges to be used and adopted. It provides as follows: Charges may be as in the format set out in the Forms in the Second Schedule and may…
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Section 145 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 145 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Husband and wife compellable witness. It provides as follows: In any proceedings taken under the provisions of section 144, the husband and wife shall be compellable witnesses in accordance with…
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Section 144 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 144 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Remedies of a married woman. It provides as follows: Every woman who has contracted a valid marriage shall have in her own name against all persons whatsoever, including the husband…
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Section 143 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 143 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Description of persons in criminal process. It provides as follows: (1) Where in any summons, warrant of any description, Charge Sheet, information or any document whatsoever issued by a Court…
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Section 142 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 142 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Methods of stating ownership of property. It provides as follows: Where in any summons, warrant of any description, charge sheet, information or any document whatsoever issued by a Court in…
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Section 141 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 141 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Use of forms in First Schedule. It provides as follows: Subject to the express provisions of this Law, if any, of the rules, the forms contained in the First Schedule…