Paragraph 8 Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below: Sch. 3 para. 1(5) inserted by Victims and Courts Act 2026 s. 13(2)(d) The power of the Court of Appeal to pass sentence on a person may be exercised although he is not present. ← Paragraph 7 Paragraph 8 Paragraph 9 →