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Section 1 Right of appeal.F1C1C2

England, Wales and Northern Ireland

C3( C41)

Subject to the provisions of this section, an appeal shall lie to the F2Supreme Court, at the instance of the defendant or the prosecutor,—

(a)

from any decision of F3the High Court in a criminal cause or matter;

F4(b)

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(2)

No appeal shall lie under this section except with the leave of the court below or of F5the Supreme Court; and such leave shall not be granted unless it is certified by the court below that a point of law of general public importance is involved in the decision and it appears to that court or to the Supreme Court, as the case may be, that the point is one which ought to be considered by the Supreme Court.

F6(3)

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(4)

For the purpose of disposing of an appeal under this section the F7Supreme Court may exercise any powers of the court below or may remit the case to that court.

(5)

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “leave to appeal” means leave to appeal to the Supreme Court under this section.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Ss. 1–5 repealed (N.I.) (with saving) by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23), Sch. 6 para. 13

F2

Words in s. 1(1) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 13(2)(a); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

F3

Words in s. 1(1)(a) substituted (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 63(1), 108(3) (with s. 107 and Sch. 14 para. 7(2))

F4

S. 1(1)(b) repealed by (E.W.) Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19), Sch. 7 and (N.I.) Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1968 (c. 21), Sch. 5

F5

Words in s. 1(2) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 13(2)(b); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

F6

S. 1(3) repealed (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 13(2)(c), Sch. 18 Pt. 5; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)(f)

F7

Words in s. 1(4)(5) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 13(2)(d); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

Modifications

C1

S. 1 applied (with modifications) (15.3.1996) by S.I. 1996/716, art. 7(5)

S. 1 applied (17.5.1996) by S.I. 1996/1296, art. 7(5)

S. 1 applied (with modifications) (1.9.2001) by 2001 c. 17, s. 9(3) (with ss. 16(5) , 78); S.I. 2001/2161, art. 2 (subject to art. 3)

C2

S. 1 applied (8.3.2018) by The United Nations (International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/187), arts. 1(1), 7, 8 (with art. 3)

C3

S. 1(1) excluded (E.W.) (18.12.2003) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 274(4), 336(2)

C4

S. 1(1) excluded (E.W.) (18.12.2003) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(2), Sch. 22 para. 14(2)