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Judicial and Police, 1899-1960

Collection: Nigeria and Cameroon Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1887-1962    Volumes    Judicial and Police, 1899-1960
The maintenance of 'law and order' was regarded by the colonial government of Nigeria to be one of its principal functions. On 1st April 1930, the Police Forces of the Northern and Southern Provinces were amalgamated to form an integrated Nigerian Police Force; this was followed by the union of the Northern and Southern Provinces' Prison Services In 1938 to form the Nigerian Prison Department.
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Law and Judicial system, 1906-1958

Judiciary/Law, Southern Nigeria, Legal Department, 1906-1907; Judiciary/Law, Southern Nigeria, Police Magistrate's Court, 1909-1913, 1915/16-1937; Judiciary/Law, Nigeria, Supreme Court, 1914, 1918/9-1921/2, 1923/4-1925/6; Judiciary/Law, Western Region, Ministry of Justice and Local Government,...

Date:1906-1958
Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73242C-06

Prisons and Offender Treatment, 1938-1960

Prisons, Nigeria, 1938-1946; also, Prisons, Nigeria (Treatment of Offenders), 1947-1950/1 and 1952/3-1959/60. The report for 1956/7 includes the supplement Native Authority Prisons, Northern Region.

Date:1938-1960
Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73242C-05

Prisons, North and South Provinces, 1914-1937

Prisons, Northern Provinces, 1914-1931, 1933-1937; and Prisons, Southern Provinces, 1914-1937.

Date:1914-1937
Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73242C-04

Prisons, Lagos and South Nigeria, 1900-1913

Prisons in Lagos, 1900-1905 and Prisons in Southern Nigeria, 1906-1913.

Date:1900-1913
Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73242C-03

Police, Nigeria, 1930-1960

Police, Nigeria, 1930-1938 and 1945-1960.

Date:1930-1960
Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73242C-02

Policing in Lagos and Provinces, 1899-1929

Police, Lagos, 1899-1900/1 and 1904-1905; also, Police, Northern and Southern Provinces 1906-1929 (records do not cover all years).

Date:1899-1929
Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:73242C-01
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