Section 41 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 41 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Power to dispense with personal attendance. It provides as follows:

The Magistrate may, if he sees sufficient cause, dispense with the personal attendance of any person called upon to show cause why he should not be ordered to enter into a recognisance for keeping the peace and may permit him to appear by a legal practitioner.