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Paragraph 48 Jurisdiction of Court of Appeal.

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(1)

The Court of Appeal shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such appeals from the courts of St. Helena and its Dependencies as may be prescribed by this Constitution or any other law.

(2)

In connection with any appeal from a court of St. Helena or its Dependencies the Court of Appeal shall, subject to the provisions of this Constitution and any other law, have all the powers and jurisdiction that are possessed by that court under any law; and decisions of the Court in respect of any appeal from a court of St. Helena or its Dependencies shall, subject as aforesaid, be enforced in St. Helena or its Dependencies in the same way as decisions of that court.

(3)

The Court of Appeal may, in accordance with any directions issued from time to time by the President, sit in St. Helena or elsewhere for the purpose of exercising any jurisdiction and powers conferred upon it by or under this section or by any rule made under section 49 of this Constitution.