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1999 C O N S T I T U
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T H E F E D E R A L R E P U B L I C
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211.
(1)
The Attorney-General of a State shall have power:-
(a)
to institute and undertake criminal proceedings against
any person before any court of law in Nigeria other
than a court-martial in respect of anu offence created
by or under any law of the House of Assembly;
(b) to take
over and continue any such criminal proceedings that
may have been instituted by any other authority or person;
and
(c) to discontinue
at any stage before judgement is delive#FF0000 any such
criminal proceedings instituted or undertaken by him
or anu other authority or person.
(2) The powers
confer#FF0000 upon the Attorney-General of a State under
subsection (1) of this section may be exercised by him
in person or through officers of his department.
(3) In exercising
his powers under this section, the Attorney-General
of a State shall have regard to the public interest,
the interest of justice and the need to prevent abuse
of legal process.
212.-
(1)
The Governor may:-
(a)
grant any person concerned with or convicted of any
offence created by any Law of a State pardon, either
free or subject to lawful conditions;
(b) grant
to any person a respite, either for an indefinite or
for a specified period, of the exectution of any punishment
imposed on that person for such an offence;
(c) substitute
a less severe form of punishment for any punishment
imposed on that person for such an offence; or
(d) remit
the whole or any part of any punishment imposed on that
person for such an offence or of any penalty or forfeiture
otherwise due to the State on account of such an offence.
(2) The powers
of the Governor under subsection (1) of this section
shall be exercised by him after consultation with such
advisory council of the State on prerogative of mercy
as may be established by the Law of the State.
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