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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-appeals-under-part-4-order-2003/article-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/458",
  "legislation_title": "The Proceeds of Crime Act (Appeals under Part 4) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-appeals-under-part-4-order-2003",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Right of defendant to be present",
  "text": "(1) In the case of any appeal to the Court of Appeal under Part 4 of the Act, if the defendant is a party, he shall be entitled to be present, if he wishes it, on the hearing of the appeal, although he may be in custody.\n(2) But if the defendant is in custody, he shall not be entitled to be present—\n(a) where the appeal is on some ground involving a question of law alone; or\n(b) on any proceedings preliminary or incidental to an appeal,\nunless the Court of Appeal gives him leave to be present.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/458/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:31:11.813099+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}