Paragraph 6

For section 4 (appeals by protected persons) substitute–

“4.

Appeals by protected persons

Where a protected prisoner of war or protected internee has been sentenced to death or to custody for a term of two years or more, the time within which he must give notice of appeal or notice of his application for leave to appeal to the criminal jurisdiction of the Staff of Government Division of the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man shall, notwithstanding anything in the enactment relating to such appeals, be the period from the date of his conviction or, in the case of an appeal against sentence, of his sentence to the expiration of 28 days after the date on which he received a notice given–

(a)

in the case of a protected prisoner of war, by an officer of Her Majesty’s forces;

(b)

in the case of a protected internee, by or on behalf of the governor of the prison in which he is confined,

that the protecting power has been notified of his conviction and sentence; and, in a case to which the foregoing provisions of this section apply, a reference to the period aforesaid shall be substituted for the reference in section 38 of the Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1993 (an Act of Tynwald)^f1 (which relates to restitution of property on conviction) to the period of 28 days from the date of conviction.”.