CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — Charge — Amendment of Charge — Presumption of Regularity of Judicial Acts
Principle Statement
When any judicial or official act is shown to have been done in a manner substantially regular, it is presumed that formal requisites for its validity were complied with.
Ratio Decidendi (Source)
Per Tabai, JSC, in Oyakhire v. State (2006) NLC-123-188-2005(SC) at p. 7; Paras A–B.
"When any judicial or official act is shown to have been done in a manner substantially regular, it is presumed that formal requisites for its validity were complied with."
Explanation / Scope
Substantial regularity of judicial acts raises a presumption of compliance with formal requisites. The principle applies to evidence law.
