Section 129 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 129 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Discharge of surety. It provides as follows:

(1) Any surety may at any time apply to the Court to discharge the recognisanceveither wholly or so far as it applies to the applicant.

(2) On such application being made, the Court shall issue a warrant of arrest directing that the defendant be brought before the Court.

(3) On the appearance of such defendant pursuant to the warrant, or on his voluntary surrender, the Court shall direct the recognisance to be discharged either wholly or so far as it relates to the applicant or applicants and shall call upon the defendant to find other sufficient surety or sureties and enter into a fresh recognisance and if he fails to do so the Court may deal with him in the same manner as if he were a person who has failed to comply with an order to enter into a recognisance, with or without sureties, as the case may be.

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