Section 159 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 159 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Objections cured by verdict. It provides as follows:

No judgment shall be stayed or reserved on the ground of any objection which if stated after the charge was read over to the defendant during the progress of the trial might have been amended by the Court because of—

(a) any variance between the charge or any process relating to it and the evidence adduced in support of the charge as to the time at which the cause of complaint is alleged to have arisen if it is proved that such complaint was in fact made within the time limited by law for making the same; or,

(b) any variance between the charge or any process relating to it and the evidence adduced in support of the charge as to the place in which the cause of complaint is alleged to have arisen; or

(c) any alleged defect in substance or in form in any charge, complaint, warrant or other process relating to the charge and the evidence adduced in respect of the charge.

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