Section 9 Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) Lagos

Section 9 Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, as amended in 2021, is about Arrested Persons to be Taken to Police Station with Reasonable Dispatch. It provides as follows:

(1) A person who is arrested, with or without a warrant shall be taken with reasonable dispatch to a Police Station, or other place for the reception of arrested persons and such arrested person shall without delay be informed
of the reason for the arrest.

(2) The person who is arrested under subsection (1) of this section while in
custody—
(a) shall be given reasonable facilities for obtaining legal advice, bail or making
arrangements for the defence or release;

(b) may volunteer to make a confessional statement and such statement or
copies of same may subject to the provisions of this section be produced
at the trial.

(3) The police shall ensure that where the arrested person elects under subsection (2) of this section to make a confessional statement,
such statement whether made orally or in writing is recorded on video or other electronic device.

(4) A confessional statement made under subsection (3) of this section may be recorded in writing in the presence of a legal practitioner or other representative acceptable to the person making the statement; who shall
endorse such statement as appropriate.

(5) For the purpose of this section, other representative includes a member of a Non- Governmental Organisation, family member of the arrested person or any other person chosen by the arrested person.

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