Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Abatement of appeals
Every appeal from a subordinate court (except an appeal from a sentence of a fine) shall finally abate on the death of the appella…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Number of judges on an appeal
(1) Appeals from subordinate courts shall be heard by one judge of the HighCourt, except when in any particular case the Chief Jus…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Power to take further evidence
(1) In dealing with an appeal from a subordinate court, the High Court, if it thinks additional evidence is necessary, shall recor…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Admission to bail or suspension of sentence pending appeal
(1) After the entering of an appeal by a person entitled to appeal, the High Court, or the subordinate court which convicted or se…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Bail and stay of execution pending the entering of an appeal
(1) The High Court, or the subordinate court which has convicted or sentenceda person, may grant bail or may stay execution on a s…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Order of the High Court to be certified to lower court
(1) When a case is decided on appeal by the High Court, it shall certify itsjudgment or order to the court by which the conviction…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Powers of High Court
(1) At the hearing of the appeal the appellant or his advocate may address the court in support of the particulars set out in the…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Notice of time and place of hearing
If the High Court does not dismiss the appeal summarily, it shall cause notice to be given to the appellant or his advocate, and t…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Summary allowance of appeal
Where an appeal against conviction has been lodged and a judge of the High Court is satisfied that the conviction cannot be suppor…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Summary rejection of appeal
(1) When the High Court has received the petition and copy under section 350, a judge shall peruse them, and, if he considers that…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Appellant in prison
If the appellant is in prison, he may present his petition of appeal and the copies accompanying it to the officer in charge of th…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Petition of appeal
(1) An appeal shall be made in the form of a petition in writing presented by the appellant or his advocate, and every petition sh…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Limitation of time of appeal
An appeal shall be entered within fourteen days of the date of the order or sentence appealed against: Provided that the court to…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Right of appeal against acquittal, order of refusal or order of dismissal
(1) When an accused person has been acquitted on a trial held by a subordinate court or High Court, or where an order refusing to…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
No appeal on plea of guilty, nor in petty cases
No appeal shall be allowed in the case of an accused person who has pleaded guilty and has been convicted on that plea by a subord…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Appeal to High Court
(1) Save as is in this Part provided— (a) a person convicted on a trial held by a subordinate court of the first or second class m…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Errors and omissions in orders and warrants
The court may at any time amend a defect in substance or in form in an order or warrant, and no omission or error as to the time a…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Failure to comply with requirements under section 344
(1) A person subject to police supervision who fails to comply with a requirementplaced upon him or her by or by virtue of section…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Automatic police supervision
(1) A person who is convicted of an offence under section 296(1), 297(1), 308 or 322 of the Penal Code the Prevention of Terrorism…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Requirements from persons subject to police supervision
(1) A court may at any time direct that a person shall, whilst subject to police supervision under section 343 and at large in Ken…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Person twice convicted may be subject to police supervision
(1) When a person, having been convicted of an offence punishable withimprisonment for a term of three years or more is again conv…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Limitation of imprisonment for non-payment of fine, etc.
No commitment for non-payment shall be for a longer period than six months, unless the law under which the conviction has taken pl…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Who may issue warrant
A warrant for the execution of a sentence may be issued either by the judge or magistrate who passed the sentence or by his succes…
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Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75▤
Part payment after commitment
(1) If a person who is confined in prison for non-payment of a sum adjudgedby a court in its criminal jurisdiction to be paid unde…
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