Rule 5 Notice of appeal and application for extension of time
Notice of appeal or of an application for leave to appeal to the Court shall be given by completing Part 1 of Form 2 and so much of Part 2 thereof as relates to the notice and serving it on the Registrar.
A notice of appeal or an application for leave to appeal shall be accompanied by a notice in Form 3 containing the grounds of appeal or application, whether or not the transcript of the proceedings has been received by the appellant.
If the appellant has been convicted of more than one offence, the notice in Form 2 shall specify the convictions or sentences against which the appellant is appealing or applying for leave to appeal.
The grounds of appeal or application set out in Form 3 may, with the consent of the Court, be varied or amplified within such time as the Court may allow.
Notice of application to extend the time within which notice of appeal or of an application for leave to appeal may be given shall be given by completing so much of Part 2 of Form 2 as relates to the application and by giving at the same time notice of appeal or of an application for leave to appeal in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this rule.
Notice of an application to extend the time within which notice of appeal or of an application for leave to appeal may be given must specify the grounds of the application.
An appellant who is appealing or applying for leave to appeal against conviction may specify in Form 3 any exhibit produced at the trial which he wishes to be kept in safe custody for the purposes of his appeal.
Forms 2 and 3 shall be signed by the appellant, his counsel or solicitor, or by any other person authorised by the appellant and where a form is signed otherwise than by the appellant, his counsel or solicitor, the Court may treat such form as not constituting notice for the purposes of this rule unless it is supported by a statement signed by the appellant that he has authorised the person in question to sign the form on his behalf.
If Form 2 or Form 3 is not signed by the appellant and the appellant is in custody, the Registrar shall, as soon as practicable after receiving the form, send a copy of it to the appellant.
In the case of an appellant who does not require leave to appeal or who is given leave to appeal, a notice of application for leave to appeal shall be treated as notice of appeal, and in the case of an appellant who requires leave to appeal but who serves on the Registrar notice of appeal, the notice of appeal shall be treated also as an application for leave to appeal.
The Registrar shall send a copy of every notice received under this rule to the Chief or other Crown Solicitor and to the Clerk of the Crown and Peace of the court of trial who shall thereupon complete Form 4 and send it to the Registrar.