A Bill for an Act to Amend the Criminal Justice (Release from Custody) (Special Provisions) Act cap C40 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 to Provide for the Comptroller General of Prisons to Make Monthly Returns to the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chief Judges of the States to Order the Release of Persons Detained in Prisons in Circumstances Specified in this Act and Proffer More Effective Prisons Decongestion Solution and for Related Matters
National Assembly (2023)
Working Paper
This Bill seeks to alter the provision of the Criminal Justice (release from custody) (Special Provisions) Act Cap C40 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria2004. to provide more effective, viable and. workable means of decongesting our prisons subject to the provision of the extant Act.