CHILD'S RIGHT ACT

Section 39: Removal of jurisdictional limitation of magistrates, etc.

2003Section 39 of 278Federal Republic of Nigeria

Notwithstanding any jurisdictional limitation on the powers of a Magistrate's Court and any other Court in relation to the imposition of fines or terms of imprisonment contained in any law, a Magistrate's Court or any other court before which the offences created in this Part of this Act are tried shall have the full jurisdictional powers to impose up to the maximum penalties prescribed for the offences created in this Part of this Act.

Cite this section

Section 39, CHILD'S RIGHT ACT (2003).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/child-s-right-act/section/39/