ACJA compliance
Criminal practice, with the Act in the file.
The Administration of Criminal Justice Act sits in the research corpus, so questions about arraignment, bail, custody time limits, and adjournments are answered with the provision in front of you. Criminal matters tracked with the dates that the Act actually turns on.
Criminal procedure
What the Act made trackable.
The Administration of Criminal Justice Act was designed to move criminal matters faster: limits on adjournments, reporting on detainees, and day-to-day trial where possible. Those reforms only bite if somebody is counting the days, which is a record-keeping problem before it is a legal one.
The Act, searchable
Ask a question in plain language and get the answer with the section cited and linked, alongside the case law interpreting it.
Custody and bail dates
Detention dates, bail conditions, and review dates recorded on the matter with reminders that escalate rather than lapse.
Adjournment history
Every adjournment logged with its date and reason, so the procedural history of the matter is a record rather than a recollection.
Case file and disclosure
Statements, exhibits, and proofs held with version history and reviewed in bulk when the file is large.
In depth
Delay is a record-keeping failure first.
Counting
The argument you cannot make without the dates.
An application built on delay depends entirely on a precise procedural history: when the defendant was first detained, how many adjournments there have been, who sought each one, and how long the matter has sat. Reconstructing that from a paper file the week before a hearing is how good applications are lost. Recorded as it happens, it is available whenever you need it.
Volume
A heavy criminal list is a caseload problem.
Criminal practitioners carry more matters than commercial colleagues, each with its own court dates and its own client in custody. A dashboard that shows which matters have hearings this week, which have unactioned deadlines, and which have had no movement in a month is the difference between managing a list and being managed by it.
FAQ
Questions, addressed.
What is the ACJA?
The Administration of Criminal Justice Act is the principal statute governing criminal procedure in Nigeria at federal level. It was introduced to reduce delay and improve the treatment of defendants, including provisions on arraignment, bail, limits on adjournments, and reporting on people held in custody. Several states have enacted their own equivalent laws.
Is the ACJA searchable in ModulawAI?
Yes. The Act is part of the Nigerian research corpus alongside case law, CAMA 2020, other federal legislation, and rules of court, so a question about a provision returns an answer with the section cited and linked.
How does the software help with ACJA compliance?
Most of what the Act requires in practice is date discipline: custody dates, bail review dates, adjournment history, and hearing dates. Those are tracked per matter with reminders that escalate to a supervising practitioner if nothing is actioned, and the resulting procedural history is exportable.
Does it cover state criminal procedure laws?
Coverage focuses on federal legislation and reported case law. Where a state has its own administration of criminal justice law, confirm the applicable provision directly, and use linked authority in every answer to check what applies in your jurisdiction.
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