Section 208 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 208 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Presence of the defendant at the trial. It provides as follows: Every defendant shall subject to section 217, be present in Court during the whole of his trial unless he…

Section 207 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 207 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Age in relation to offences. It provides as follows: Where in a charge for any offence, it is alleged that the person by or in respect of whom the offence…

Section 206 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 206 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Presumption and determination of age. It provides as follows: Where a person is before any Court and it appears to the Court that such person is a child or an…

Section 205 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 205 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about View by court of locus. It provides as follows: (1) Where it appears to the Court that in the interest of justice the Court should have a view of any…

Section 204 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 204 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Prohibition of children in court during the trial of other persons. It provides as follows: No child other than an infant in arms shall be permitted to be present in…

Section 203 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 203 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Order under section 201 or 202 not to apply to press and certain others. It provides as follows: (1) An order made under either section 201 or 202 excluding the…

Section 202 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 202 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Court shall be cleared whilst child or young person is giving evidence in certain cases. It provides as follows: The Court may, where a person who in the opinion of…

Section 201 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 201 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Public may be excluded. It provides as follows: (1) The Judge or Magistrate presiding over a trial shall, in his discretion and subject to the provisions of section 203, may…

Section 200 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 200 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Public to have Access to Hearing. It provides as follows: (1) Subject to the provisions of sections 202 and 217 of this Act and any other written law specifically relating…

Section 199 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 199 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Right of reply. It provides as follows: In cases where the right of reply depends upon the question whether evidence has been called for the defence, the fact that the…