Annual report on the social and economic progress of the people of Nigeria.

Date:
[1938]
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Credit: Annual report on the social and economic progress of the people of Nigeria. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sentences Sentences of fine or Total Sentences of impri- imprison- pros ecu- of fines * sonment f rnent in tions default£ Supreme Court. Colony 4,727 617 741 10,957 Protectorate Courts. Northern Provinces. . 2,283 1,186 672 4,279 Southern ,, 9,336 5,665 332 17,109 Total 11,619 6,851 1,004 21,388 Native Courts. Northern Provinces 40,392 13,519 64,440 Southern ,, 42,477 15,308 7,254 149,235 Total 82,869 28,827 7,254 213,675 * For Supreme Court. Total of fines actually paid, f ,, ,, Includes imprisonment instead of fine. „ Where person was imprisoned in default but eventually paid the fine less value of imprisonment Figures not available for other courts. Police. 245. The Nigeria Police Force is administered by a Commissioner, assisted by a Deputy Commissioner and an Assistant Commissioner, with headquarters at Lagos. The Criminal Investigation Branch, the Central Motor Registry and the Immigration and Passport section form part of the headquarters establishment but are separately housed. The Criminal Investigation Branch and the Immigration and Passport section are each controlled by a Superintendent of Police, and the Central Motor Registry by a British Inspector; these officers are directly responsible to the Commissioner. 246. The Force is responsible for the preservation of law, order and public security throughout Nigeria but its main activities are confined to the Colony, the Southern Provinces (excluding Oyo, Abeokuta and Ijebu Provinces) and the townships of the Northern Provinces. Outside these areas, the various Native Administration Forces undertake the suppression and detection of crime, the assistance of the Nigeria Police being sought when occasion arises. 247. The total number of offences recorded as receiving the attention of the Nigeria Police or the Native Administration forces in 1938 was 17,064, as against 17,991 in 1937. Offences against the person and against property