Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977)Chapter 31 : Appeals in cases of Criminal Proceedings in Superior Courts318. Appeal on special entry under section 317 |
| (1) | If a special entry is made on the record, the person convicted may appeal to the Appellate Division against his conviction on the ground of the irregularity or illegality stated in the special entry if, within a period of twenty-one days after entry is so made or within such extended period as may on good cause be allowed, notice of appeal has been given to the registrar of the Appellate Division and to the registrar of the provincial or local division, other than a circuit court, within whose area of jurisdiction the trial took place, and of which the judge who presided at the trial was a member when he so presided. |
[Section 318(1) substituted by section 23 of Act No. 105 of 1982]
| (2) | The registrar of such provincial or local division shall forthwith after receiving such notice give notice thereof to the attorney-general and shall transmit to the registrar of the Appellate Division a certified copy of the record, including copies of the evidence, whether oral or documentary, taken or admitted at the trial and of the special entry: Provided that with the consent of the accused and the attorney-general, the registrar concerned may, instead of transmitting the whole record, transmit copies, one of which shall be certified, of such parts of the record as may be agreed upon by the attorney-general and the accused to be sufficient, in which event the Appellate Division may nevertheless call for the production of the whole record. |
[Section 318(2) substituted by section 23 of Act No. 105 of 1982]
