Rule 154 Notice of appeal, recognizances, etc.

The notice of appeal to be given to the other party and the copy of the notice to be lodged with the clerk of petty sessions under Article 144(1) of the Order shall be prepared and signed by the appellant or by his solicitor or other authorized agent and shall contain his address or that of his solicitor or other duly authorized agent.

Where an appeal is against conviction or sentence or both conviction and sentence the notice of appeal shall so state and, where the appeal is against more than one conviction or sentence, only one notice need be given to the other party and only one copy thereof need be lodged with the clerk of petty sessions and such notice shall specify the convictions or sentences which are the subject of the appeal.

Every copy of the said notice lodged with the clerk of petty sessions shall be endorsed with the date upon which and the manner in which the notice was so given.

As soon as practicable after the clerk of petty sessions has received the copy of the notice of appeal and the appellant has, where he is required to do so, entered into a recognizance under Article 148 or Article 149 of the Order the district judge (magistrates’ courts) or lay magistrate from whose conviction or order the appeal is to be brought or the clerk of petty sessions shall sign a separate form (in these Rules referred to as a “form of appeal”) setting out the terms of each conviction or order separately appealed against which shall include a certificate signed by the clerk of petty sessions to the effect that notice of appeal has been given and that such recognizance has, where necessary, been duly entered.

Where a notice of appeal refers to more than one conviction or order, only one recognizance under Article 148 or under Article 149 of the Order suitably adapted need be entered into by the appellant.