Section 12 Sheriffs and Civil Process Act

Section 12 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act 1945 is about Duties as to execution of sentence of death. It provides as follows:

Where sentence of death has been pronounced upon any person and the President or Governor, as the case may be, has ordered that the sentence shall be carried into execution, the same shall be carried into execution by the sheriff or a deputy sheriff or by some person appointed by the sheriff or deputy sheriff:

[L.N. 1 of 1955.]

Provided that if it appears to the President in the case of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja or to the Governor in charge of a State that the attendance of the sheriff or a deputy sheriff at the place at which the execution is to be carried out cannot be obtained without undue delay or inconvenience, the President or Governor may detail any other officer in the Territory or in the State, as the case may be, to perform the duties of the sheriff in relation to such execution.

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