Section 63 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 63 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Court having concurrent jurisdiction. It provides as follows:

If such offences as are mentioned in section 62 have been committed in a District within which one or more Courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction, the remitting Magistrate shall, unless he is authorised to proceed in the case, send the person charged and in custody to such one of the Courts having concurrent jurisdiction as can most conveniently deal with the case, or require him to give security for his surrender to such last mentioned Court, to answer the charges and to be dealt with according to Law.