Section 178 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 178 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Service of summons on a witness. It provides as follows:

(1) (a) Every Court having criminal jurisdiction shall have a Process Server assigned to it whose responsibility shall be amongst others the due efficient and efficacious service of witness summons and such other Court processes as may require service.

(b) A proof of service of such summons shall be filed in the Court’s file.

(2) Every such summons or other process shall be served upon the persons to whom it is directed in the same manner as is set out in section 87 or 89 or, with leave of the Court. Section 88 and the provisions of sections 90–93 shall apply to such summons.

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