Article 2 Amendment of the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996

The Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996^f1 shall be amended in accordance with the following sub-paragraphs.

After rule 7.8 (compulsion orders and hospital directions)^f2 there shall be inserted the following:–

“Appeals

7.9

(1)

An appeal under–

(a)

section 62 of the Act of 1995 (appeal by accused in case involving insanity); or

(b)

section 63 of the Act of 1995 (appeal by prosecutor in case involving insanity),

shall be made by lodging a note of appeal in Form 7.9.

(2)

At the same time as lodging a note of appeal under paragraph (1), the applicant shall send a copy to the other parties.

(3)

As soon as possible after the lodging of a note of appeal under paragraph (1), the Clerk of Justiciary shall request a report from the judge who made the finding, order or acquittal which is the subject of the appeal.”.

In the appendix–