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| (1) Upon the appeal being accepted all further proceedings in such case shall be stayed and the said appeal together with the record of the case and eight copies thereof and the notes of evidence taken by the Judge shall be forwarded as speedily as possible to the Court of Appeal. |
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| (2) When an appeal against an acquittal is lodged, the court may issue a warrant directing that the accused be arrested and brought before it and may commit him to prison pending the determination of the appeal or admit him to bail. |
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| (3) When an appeal against a conviction is lodged, the High Court may subject to subsection (4) admit the appellant to bail pending the determination of his appeal An appellant who is not admitted to bail shall pending the determination of the appeal be treated in such manner as may be prescribed by rules made under the Prisons Ordinance. |
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| (4) Where the accused is sentenced to death, execution shall be stayed and he shall be kept on remand in prison pending the determination of the appeal. |
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| (5) The time during which an appellant, pending the determination of his appeal is admitted to bail and (subject to any directions which the Court of Appeal may give to the contrary on any appeal) the time during which the appellant if in custody is specially treated as an appellant under this section, shall not count as part of any term of imprisonment under his sentence; and, any, imprisonment of the appellant whether it is under the sentence imposed by the High Court or the Court of Appeal shall subject to the directions or order of the Court of Appeal be deemed to be resumed or to begin to run, as the case requires, if the appellant is in custody, as from the day on which the appeal is determined and, if he is not in custody, as from the day on which he is received into prison under the sentence. |
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