{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-rules-1968/rule-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-rules-1968/rule-32.json",
  "legislation": "nisro/1968/218",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Rules 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-rules-1968",
  "path": "rule/32",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Appeal to the House of Lords",
  "text": "(1) An application to the Court—\n(a) for leave to appeal to the House of Lords under Part III of the Act or section 13 of the Administration of Justice Act 1960,\n(b) to extend the time within which an application may be made by the defendant to the House of Lords under section 37(1) of the Act or that subsection as applied by section 13(4) of the Administration of Justice Act 1960,\n(c) by the defendant to be given leave to be present on the hearing of the appeal or of any proceedings preliminary or incidental thereto,\n(d) by the defendant to be admitted to bail pending the appeal,\nshall either be made orally immediately after the decision of the Court from which an appeal lies to the House of Lords or by serving Form 19 on the Registrar within 14 days of the decision of such Court.\n(2) Where the Court directs the admission of a defendant to bail pending his appeal, the Court shall determine the number of sureties, if any, the amount in which he or any sureties are to be bound and the conditions to be endorsed on the recognizances.\n(3) The recognizance of a defendant shall be in Form 20 and that of a surety in Form 21.\n(4) Paragraphs (3)-(7) of rule 8 and rules 10 and 11 shall apply with respect to a recognizance taken under this rule as they apply with respect to a recognizance taken under those rules with the necessary modifications.\n(5) An application to the Court for leave to appeal to the House of Lords under Part III of the Act or section 13 of the Administration of Justice Act 1960 may be abandoned before the hearing of the application by serving on the Registrar notice to that effect.\n(6) Rules 13(1) and 31 shall apply in relation to an appeal under Part III of the Act or section 13 of the Administration of Justice Act 1960 as they apply in relation to an appeal under Part II of the Act.\n(7) In this rule any reference to a defendant includes an appellant under section 13 of the Administration of Justice Act 1960.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 65."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisro/1968/218/rule/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T13:33:01.429812+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}