Section 79 Nigeria Police Act

Section 79 of the Nigeria Police Act 2020 is about Court may direct particulars of security to be taken on execution of warrant. It is under Part VIII (Warrants) of the Act. It provides as follows:

(1) A court, on issuing a warrant for the arrest of a suspect in respect of a matter other than an offence punishable with death, may, if it deems fit by endorsement on the warrant, direct that the suspect named in the warrant to be released on bail on his entering into such a recognizance for his appearance as may be required in the endorsement.

(2) The endorsement shall specify
(a) the number of sureties, if any ;
(b) the amount in which they and the suspect named in the warrant are, respectively, to be bound, or are to provide as cash security on the request of the surety or suspect ;
(c) the court before which the arrested suspect is to attend ; and
(d) the time at which the suspect is to attend, including an undertaking to appear at a subsequent time as may be directed by any court before which he may appear.

(3) Where an endorsement is made, the officer in charge of a police station to which on arrest the suspect named in the warrant is brought, shall discharge him on his entering into a recognizance, with or without sureties approved by that officer, in accordance with the endorsement, condition for his appearance before the court and at the time and place named in the recognisance.

(4) Where security is taken under this section, the officer who takes the recognizance shall cause it to be forwarded to the court before which the suspect named in the recognizance is bound to appear.