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Rule 33 Capital cases

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

Where the Registrar receives a notice of appeal or an application for leave to appeal in relation to a conviction involving sentence of death, he shall send a copy of the notice to the Minister and on the determination of any such appeal shall forthwith notify—

(a)

the appellant,

(b)

the Minister,

(c)

the Clerk of the Crown and Peace,

(d)

the person having custody of the appellant, and

(e)

the under-sheriff charged with the execution of the said sentence.

(2)

Where the Court affirms a conviction involving sentence of death the Court may appoint a day for the execution of the capital sentence other than that appointed by the judge at the trial.