Section 157 - Transmission to court of other State

Where a search warrant is issued in respect of an offence against the law of any State of Nigeria and a summons has been issued for that offence by, or any person has been charged with that offence before a court of that State, the Court issuing the search warrant may, unless he has disposed of the thing in accordance with section 153 of this Act, transmit anything seized and brought before him to that court and in relation to anything so transmitted the functions conferred on a Magistrate by this Act shall be exercised and performed by that court instead of the Magistrate who issued the search warrant.