Section 354 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 354 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Power to make rules of Court. It provides as follows:

(1) The Chief Judge of Lagos State may make rules in respect of any or all of the following matters—
(a) fees to be paid under this Law;

(b) forms to be used for the process and procedure of the Courts;

(c) accounts to be rendered of moneys received by any person under this Law;
(d) the method of issue of processes under this Law, and the manner of receipt of and accounting for fees in respect of such process;

(e) prescribing any rule required to be prescribed under the provisions of this Law;
(f) prescribing rules of custodial interrogation; and
(g) generally for carrying into effect the purposes of this Law.

(2) Where rules are made under this Section, separate rules shall be made in respect of the practice and procedure in Magistrates’ Courts, save where the procedure prescribed by the rules applies equally to the High Court and to Magistrates’ Courts.

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