Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015

Section 381 - Filing of information

An information may be filed by:

(a) the Attorney-General of the Federation or officers in his office;

(b) a public officer acting in his official capacity;

(c) a private legal practitioner authorised by the Attorney-General of the Federation.

(d) a private person, provided the information is endorsed by a law officer that he has seen such information and declined to prosecute at the public instance and the private person enters into a bond to prosecute diligently and to a logical conclusion.

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