Section 251 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 251 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Contents of information. It provides as follows:

(1) Where an information is exhibited in the High Court under the provisions of this Law, it shall set out—

(a) a description of the offence charged or where more than one offence is charged, of each offence so charged, in a separate paragraph called a count;

(b) a statement of the offence charged, called ‘‘the statement of offence’’;

(c) a short description of the offence in ordinary language, avoiding as far as possible the use of technical terms and without necessarily stating all the essential elements of the offence, and, if the offence charged is one created by a written Law, a reference to that written Law;

(d) the particulars of the offence in ordinary language:
Provided that where any written Law limits the particulars of an offence which are required to be given in an information, nothing in this paragraph shall require any more particulars to be given than those so required;

(e) consecutively numbered counts, where the counts are more than one;
(f) proof of evidence;
(g) list of witnesses; and
(h) lists of exhibit(s).

(2) The forms set out in the schedule or forms conforming to that as nearly as shall be, shall be used in the cases to which they are applicable and in other cases to the like effect or conforming to that as nearly as shall be used, the statement of offence and the particulars of offence being varied according to the circumstances of each case.

(3) The prosecution shall at any time before judgment be at liberty to file notice of additional evidence.

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