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Section 125 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 125 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Person bound by recognisance who absconds may be committed to prison. It provides as follows: If a Court is notified by information on oath by a complainant, surety or other…
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Section 124 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 124 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Discharge from custody. It provides as follows: (1) Where the entering into a recognisance is a condition for the release of a person, that person shall be released as soon…
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Section 123 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 123 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Conditional bail. It provides as follows: Where a person is admitted to bail, the recognisance may be conditioned for his appearance at every time and place to which during the…
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Section 122 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 122 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Mode of entering into recognisance. It provides as follows: Where as a condition for the release of any person he is required to enter into a recognisance with sureties, the…
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Section 121 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 121 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Persons before whom recognisance may be executed. It provides as follows: When in respect of any recognisance the Court has fixed the amount in which the sureties, if any, are…
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Section 120 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 120 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Judge may vary bail fixed by Magistrate or Police. It provides as follows: Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 116 and 117, a Judge may in any case direct that any…
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Section 119 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 119 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Admission to bail after its refusal. It provides as follows: A Judge may, if he thinks fit, admit any person charged before a Magistrate Court to bail although the Court…
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Section 118 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 118 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Sureties. It provides as follows: (1) A defendant admitted to bail may be required to produce such surety or sureties as, in the opinion of the Court admitting him to…
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Section 117 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 117 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Recognisance in respect of children. It provides as follows: Where in any case the person in respect of whom the Court makes an order requiring that a recognisance be entered…
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Section 116 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 116 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Security for bail. It provides as follows: (1) The security for bail in any case shall be at the discretion of the Court, such bail security shall be fixed having…