Section 78 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 78 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Particulars of instituting criminal proceedings in Magistrates’ Courts. It provides as follows: (1) Proceedings in a Magistrates’ Court may be instituted by bringing a person arrested with or without a…

Section 77 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 77 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Methods of Instituting Criminal Proceedings. It provides as follows: (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Law or any other law, the prosecutor may subject to the approval of…

Section 76 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 76 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is deleted. It provides as follows: Section 76 of Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State is deleted.

Section 75 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 75 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Plea bargain. It provides as follows: Notwithstanding anything in this Law or in any other law, the Attorney-General of the State shall have power to consider and accept a plea…

Section 74 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 74 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Issuance of legal advice. It provides as follows: (1) The Commissioner of Police shall forward all duplicate case files with respect to offences triable on information to the Office of…

Section 73 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 73 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Withdrawals from prosecution in trials before a High court or Magistrates’ Court. It provides as follows: (1) In any trial before a High Court or Magistrates’ Court a prosecutor with…

Section 72 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 72 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Withdrawal from prosecution in remand proceedings for offences triable on information. It provides as follows: (1) In any remand proceedings with respect to any offence triable on information against a…

Section 71 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 71 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Discontinuance of criminal cases by the Attorney-General. It provides as follows: (1) In any criminal proceedings for an offence against a law of the State and at any stage before…

Section 70 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 70 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about General control of prosecution by the Attorney-General. It provides as follows: Where any person other than the Attorney-General of the State initiates or prosecutes in any criminal proceedings for an…

Section 69 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos Section 69 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Information by the Attorney-General. It provides as follows: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Law or any other Law of the House of Assembly, the Attorney-General of the State…