Section 127 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 127 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Power to revoke bail. It provides as follows:

(1) Where a defendant who has been admitted to bail by a Magistrate is indicted by a Law Officer for an offence which is not bailable by a Magistrate, the Magistrate shall, on being informed of the fact by any superior Police Officer, issue a warrant for the arrest of the defendant and commit him to prison in the same manner as if he had been originally committed for trial of the offence for which he is indicted.

(2) For the purposes of this Section, a person shall be deemed to be indicted when the information against him has been filed in a High Court.