Section 311 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 311 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Procedure where a pregnant woman is convicted of a capital offence. It provides as follows:

(1) Where a woman convicted of an offence punishable with death alleges that she is pregnant, or where the Court before which a woman is so convicted deems fit so to do, the Court shall, before sentence is passed on her, determine the question whether or not she is pregnant.

(2) The question whether the woman is pregnant or not shall be determined by the Court on such evidence as may be laid before it by the woman or by the prosecution.

(3) Where, on proceedings under this Section, the Court finds that the woman in question is not pregnant, the Court shall pronounce sentence of death upon her.

(4) An appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal against such finding and the Court if satisfied that the finding should be set aside, shall quash the sentence passed on her and substitute such with a sentence of imprisonment for life.

(5) The Court shall report to the appropriate authority any case in which the Court passes a sentence of imprisonment for life under this Section.

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