Section 125 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 125 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Person bound by recognisance who absconds may be committed to prison. It provides as follows:

If a Court is notified by information on oath by a complainant, surety or other person that any person bound by recognisance to appear before any Court or Police Officer is about to leave the State, for the purpose of evading justice, the Court may cause him to be arrested and may commit him to prison until the trial, unless the Court shall deem it fit to admit him to bail upon further recognisance.