Section 302 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 302 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Prior formalities (generally). It provides as follows:

(1) Where a sentence of death has been passed, such sentence shall only be carried out in accordance with the provisions of sections 301 to 311.

(2) Where a woman found guilty of a capital offence, is in accordance with the provisions of section 315 is found to be pregnant, the sentence of death shall not be passed on her but shall be substituted with sentence to imprisonment for life.

(3) Where an offender who in the opinion of the Court had not attained the age of eighteen (18) years at the time the offence was committed is found guilty of a capital offence, sentence of death shall not be pronounced or recorded but the Court shall order such person to be detained at the discretion of the Governor and if so ordered he shall be detained in accordance with the provisions of section 330 notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any written law.

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