Section 126 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 126 Administration of Criminal Justice (Repeal and Re-enactment) Law (ACJL) Lagos 2011, Laws of Lagos State, 2021, is about Re-consideration of amount of bail on application by law officer or Police Officer. It provides as follows:

Where a defendant has been admitted to bail and circumstances arise which, if the defendant had not been admitted to bail would, in the opinion of a Law Officer or Police Officer, justify the Court in refusing bail or in requiring bail of greater amount, a Judge or Magistrate, as the case may be, may, on the circumstances being brought to his notice by a Law Officer or Police Officer, issue a warrant for the arrest of the defendant and, after giving the defendant an opportunity of being heard, may either commit him to prison to await trial or admit him to bail for the same or an increased amount as the Judge or Magistrate may think just.