Section 70 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 70 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about General control of prosecution by the Attorney-General. It provides as follows:

Where any person other than the Attorney-General of the State initiates or prosecutes in any criminal proceedings for an offence against a Law of the State on behalf of the State or where any public officer initiates or prosecutes in his official capacity in any such criminal proceedings, such person or public officer shall initiate or prosecute such case subject to such general or specific direction as may be given by the Attorney-General of the State.