Private prosecution in Nigeria under the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015

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dc.contributor.authorMujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-09T09:25:17Z
dc.date.available2023-03-09T09:25:17Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractPrivate prosecutions have been part of the Nigerian legal system for a long time. In 2015, the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) came into force. The ACJA provides for, inter alia, circumstances in which a person may institute a private prosecution. In this article, relying on jurisprudence emanating from Nigerian courts before the ACJA came into force, the author suggests ways in which Nigerian courts could approach the right to institute a private prosecution under the act. To achieve this objective, the author discusses: the right to institute a private prosecution; locus standi to institute a private prosecution; and measures to prevent abuse of the right to institute a private prosecution.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMujuzi, J. D. (2019). Private prosecution in Nigeria under the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015. Journal of African Law, 63 (2) , 225-250. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855319000184en_US
dc.identifier.issn1464-3731
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/8568
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.subjectPrivate prosecutionen_US
dc.subjectConstitutionen_US
dc.subjectAdministration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015en_US
dc.subjectViolenceen_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.titlePrivate prosecution in Nigeria under the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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