Section 22 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 22 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Form and content of warrant of arrest. It provides as follows:

(1) Every warrant of arrest issued under this Law or, unless the contrary is expressly stated, under any other written Law shall bear the date of issue, shall contain all necessary particulars and shall be signed by the Judge or Magistrate by whom it is issued.

(2) Every such warrant shall state concisely the offence or matter for which it is issued and shall name or otherwise describe the person to be arrested, and it shall order the Police Officer or officers to whom it is directed to arrest the person and bring him before the Court to answer the complaint or statement, or to testify or otherwise according to the circumstances of the case, and to be further dealt with according to Law.

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