ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT, 2015

Section 364: Notes of evidence to be recorded electronically or in writing

2015Section 364 of 495Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) Without prejudice to section 348(2) of this Act, Court proceedings may be recorded electronically and verbatim such that at the end of each day‘s proceeding a transcript of such recording shall be printed to enable certification or authentication by the judge or magistrate who conducted the proceedings.
(2) Where court proceedings are not recorded as stated in sub-section 1, the court shall in every case take notes in writing of the oral evidence it considers material, in a book to be kept for that purpose and the book shall be signed by the court at the conclusion of each day's proceedings.
(3) The transcript of the recordings of the court shall be signed or otherwise authenticated by the presiding Judge at an adjournment of the case or at the conclusion in a manner authorised from time to time by the Chief Judge in accordance with such condition as may be imposed by rules of court, and the signed transcript shall be taken as part of the record of the proceedings.
(4) A person is not entitled, as of right, to inspection of or to a copy of the record so kept except as may be expressly provided for by the rules of the court or by any other law.
(5) The record so kept or a copy of it purporting to be signed and certified as a true copy by the court shall at all times, without further proof, be admitted as evidence of the proceedings as statement made by the witnesses.

Cite this section

Section 364, ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT, 2015 (2015).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/administration-of-criminal-justice-act-2015/section/364/