ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT, 2015

Section 432: Varying or discharging order for sureties

2015Section 432 of 495Federal Republic of Nigeria

Where a person has been committed to prison by the court for default in finding a surety or sureties, the court may, on application made to it by the person or by some person acting on his behalf, inquire into the case of the person, and if on new evidence produced to the court or proof of a change of circumstances the court thinks, having regard to all the circumstances of the case that it is just so to do, the court may:(a) reduce the amount for which it was ordered that the surety or sureties should be bound;
(b) dispense with the surety or sureties; or
(c) otherwise deal with the case as the court may think just.

Cite this section

Section 432, ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT, 2015 (2015).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/administration-of-criminal-justice-act-2015/section/432/