Section 238 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 238 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Witnesses in general to be out of hearing. It provides as follows: (1) At the commencement of hearing of a case, the Court shall direct that all witnesses shall leave…

Section 237 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 237 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Appearance of both parties. It provides as follows: When a case is called, and both the prosecutor and the defendant appear, the Court shall proceed to hear and determine the…

Section 236 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 236 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Non-appearance of both parties. It provides as follows: When a case is called and neither the prosecutor nor the defendant appears, the Court shall make such order as the Justice…

Section 235 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 235 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Non-appearance of Defendant. It provides as follows: (1) Where a case is called in which summons has been served and the defendant does not appear, and no sufficient excuse is…

Section 234 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 234 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Change of legal practitioner. It provides as follows: (1) Every legal practitioner who is engaged in any matter shall be bound to conduct the case on behalf of the prosecution…

Section 233 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 233 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Non-appearance of defendant’s counsel. It provides as follows: (1) Where the legal representative of the defendant ceases to appear in Court, the Court shall after a reasonable period of non-appearance…

Section 232 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 232 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Non-appearance of Prosecutor. It provides as follows: (1) Where the defendant appears voluntarily in obedience to summons, or is brought before the court under a warrant on the day the…

Section 231 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 231 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Date and place of hearing. It provides as follows: A case shall be mentioned for hearing in the Court on the date and at the place specified in the summons…

Section 230 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 230 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, 2021, is about Local inspection. It provides as follows: It shall be the duty of a Court trying a case summarily to make or cause to be made such local inspection as…

Section 229 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 229 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Removal to another State. It provides as follows: Whenever it shall be necessary to remove a prisoner to a prison or mental health asylum under the provisions of sections 217…