THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2015 AS CATALYST TO EFFECTIVE JUSTICE DELIVERY IN NIGERIA

The divide in the Nigerian legal system between the South and North extend to the process each zone utilizes in bringing offenders to justice. The Administration of Criminal Justice Act however unifies the Criminal Procedure Act and the Criminal Procedure Code for both the South and North respectively into one Federal enactment and further repeals the Administration of Justice Commission Act. It is hailed as a major advancement of the criminal procedure in terms of unification and the access to justice by addressing the provisions of the administration of Criminal Justice Act which specifically provided a better access to justice in Nigeria. The authors therefore argued that the operation of the Act portend the tendency to revolutionize the justice and rehabilitation system in Nigeria, notwithstanding the fact that the Act failed to address certain issues on women and children as well as created certain loopholes inclusive of not being applicable to courts that are not Federal courts. The paper therefore concluded that the thorough application of the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act will operate to expedite delivery of justice and the ultimate common good of the society.尼日利亚法律体系中南北方的制度分野，延伸至两地将罪犯绳之以法的司法程序。然而《刑事司法管理法》（Administration of Criminal Justice Act）将原本分别适用于尼日利亚南部与北部的《刑事诉讼法》（Criminal Procedure Act）和《刑事诉讼法典》（Criminal Procedure Code）整合为一部联邦统一法案，并同时废止了《司法管理委员会法》（Administration of Justice Commission Act）。该法案因推动司法统一、优化诉诸司法途径而被赞誉为刑事诉讼程序领域的重大进步——其通过完善《刑事司法管理法》的相关条款，切实提升了尼日利亚民众的司法可及性。据此，本文作者指出，尽管该法案未能覆盖妇女与儿童相关的部分议题，且存在诸多漏洞——例如不适用于非联邦法院的案件，但其实施有望彻底革新尼日利亚的司法体系与罪犯矫正机制。因此本文得出结论：全面落实《刑事司法管理法》的各项条款，将有助于加快司法审判进程，最终实现社会的共同福祉。

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该数据集聚焦于尼日利亚《2015年刑事司法法案》，该法案通过统一南北地区的刑事程序法（《刑事程序法》和《刑事程序法典》）并废除旧法，旨在提升司法交付效率和可及性，被视为尼日利亚刑事程序的重要进步。然而，法案也存在局限性，如未充分涵盖妇女和儿童权益，且仅适用于联邦法院，可能影响其全面实施效果。