Section 281 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 281 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Delivery of judgment when Judge or Magistrate is absent. It provides as follows:

Where a Judge or Magistrate having tried a case is prevented by illness or other cause from delivering his judgment or sentence, if such judgment or sentence, has been reduced into writing and signed by the Judge or Magistrate, the judgment or sentence may be delivered and pronounced in open Court in the presence of the defendant by any other Judge or Magistrate.