Section 305 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 305 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Judge’s Certificate. It provides as follows:

Any Judge who pronounces a sentence of death shall issue, and affix the seal of Court on a certificate to the effect that sentence of death has been pronounced upon the person named in the certificate, and such certificate shall be sufficient and full authority in law for the detention of the offender in safe custody until the sentence of death pronounced upon him can be carried into effect and for carrying such sentence of death into effect in accordance with and subject to the provisions of sections 306 to 311.