Section 301 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 301 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Capital sentence. It provides as follows: (1) Punishment of death is inflicted by hanging the offender by the neck till he be dead. (2) Sentence of death shall be pronounced…

Section 300 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 300 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Interim Order to Freeze Account During Trial. It provides as follows: The court may upon considering the report of a police officer or other writteninformation on oath, the substance of…

Section 299 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 299 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Perjury summary procedure. It provides as follows: (1) If it appears to a Court that a person has been guilty of perjury in any proceedings before it, the Court, subject…

Section 298 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 298 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Interim Order to Forfeit Property During Trial. It provides as follows: The Court may upon written information on oath before the commencement orconclusion of a trial, order an interim forfeiture…

Section 297 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 297 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Restitution of property stolen. It provides as follows: (1) Where any person is convicted of having stolen or having received stolen property, the Court convicting him may order that such…

Section 296 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 296 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Restitution and disposition of property found on person arrested. It provides as follows: Where, on the arrest of a person charged with an offence, any property, other than that used…

Section 295 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 295 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Payment to innocent person of money found on defendant. It provides as follows: When any person is convicted of any offence which includes or amounts to stealing or receiving stolen…

Section 294 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 294 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Restoration of possession of immovable property. It provides as follows: (1) Whenever a person is convicted of an offence involving the use of force and it appears to the Court…

Section 293 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 293 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Search warrant shall be used to search for things subject to sections 291 and 292. It provides as follows: Where a Magistrate is satisfied by information on oath in writing…

Section 292 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 292 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Destruction of seditious and prohibited publications. It provides as follows: (1) On a conviction under the Criminal Law applicable in the State for offences relating to seditious publication, the Court…