Section 165 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 165 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Conviction of related offences relating to property. It provides as follows:

Where a person is charged with any of the following offences—
(a) stealing any property, contrary to the Criminal Law applicable in the State;
(b) obtaining or inducing the delivery of any property by false pretence, and with intent to defraud, contrary to the Criminal Law applicable in the State;

(c) obtaining or inducing the delivery or payment of any property or money by means of a fraudulent trick or device, contrary to the Criminal Law applicable in the State;

(d) receiving any property obtained by means of an act constituting a felony or misdemeanour, contrary to the Criminal Law applicable in the State, and the evidence establishes the commission by him with respect to the same property of any other of those offences, he may be convicted of that other offence although he was not charged therewith.

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