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Criminal Procedure (Capital Sentences) (Amendment) Act, 1961 🇳🇬

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Criminal Procedure (Capital Sentences) (Amendment) Act, 1961

  • Published in Official Gazette supplement 71 on 5 October 1961
  • Assented to on 29 September 1961
  • Commenced on 5 October 1961
  • [This is the version of this document from 5 October 1961.]
BE IT ENACTED by the Legislature of the Federation of Nigeria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows-

1. Citation and application.

This Act may be cited as the Criminal Procedure (Capital Sentences) (Amendment) Act, 1961, and shall be of Federal application.

2. Amendment of section 370 Cap. 43.

Section 370 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance is amended by the deletion from subsection (2) of the words "in respect of sentence for an offence in respect of which the power of pardon is vested in the Governor-General mean the Govenor-General".

3. Repeal and replacement of sections 371 to 375 in certain application thereof.

Without prejudice to the operation of such sections in respect of sentence for any offence other th…

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