Section 82 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 82 Administration of Criminal Justice (Repeal and Re-enactment) Law (ACJL) Lagos 2011, Laws of Lagos State, 2021, is about Issue of summons and contents thereof. It provides as follows:

Where a charge is preferred before a Magistrate as provided in section 78 and the Magistrate decides to issue a summons in the first instance, such Magistrate shall issue a summons directed to the person or persons charged with the offence stating concisely the substance of the charge and requiring him to appear at a certain time not less than forty-eight (48) hours after the service of such summons before the Court to answer to the said charge and to be further dealt with according to law.