TRANSFER OF CONVICTED OFFENDERS (ENACTMENT AND ENFORCEMENT) ACT

Section 20: Interpretation.

1988Section 20 of 21Federal Republic of Nigeria

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-
"administering country" means the country to which a convicted offender may be or has been transferred in order to serve his remaining sentence;
"convicted offender" means a person upon whom a sentence has been imposed;
"judgment" means a decision or order of a court or tribunal imposing a sentence;
"sentence" means any punishment or measure involving deprivation of liberty ordered by a court or tribunal for a determinate or indeterminate period of time in exercise of its criminal jurisdiction;
"sentencing country" means the country in which the sentence was imposed on the convicted offender who may be, or has been, transferred.

Cite this section

Section 20, TRANSFER OF CONVICTED OFFENDERS (ENACTMENT AND ENFORCEMENT) ACT (1988).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/transfer-of-convicted-offenders-enactment-and-enforcement-act/section/20/