Section 176 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 176 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Where court at first trial was not competent. It provides as follows:

A person acquitted or convicted of any offence constituted by any act or omission may, notwithstanding such acquittal or conviction, be subsequently charged with and tried for the same or any other offence constituted by the same acts or omissions if the Court by which he was first tried was not competent to try the offence with which he was first charged.