Section 140 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 140 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Power of court to order prisoner to be brought before it. It provides as follows:

(1) Where any person for whose appearance or arrest a Court is empowered to issue a summons or warrant is to be confined in any prison, the Court may issue an order to the Superintendent of Prisons requiring him to cause such prisoner to be brought at a time to be named in the order before such Court.

(2) The Superintendent of Prisons on receipt of such order, shall act in accordance and shall provide for the safe custody of the prisoner during his absence from the prison for the purpose stated in subsection (1) of this Section.