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High Court of the Provinces (Special Provisions) Act (No. 19 of 1990) - Sect 6

Establishment of high Court

6.
(a) A High Court established by Article 154P of the Constitution may in the exercise of any appellate jurisdiction vested in it by the Constitution or section 3 or any other law, affirm, reverse, correct or modify any order, judgment, decree or sentence according to law or may give directions to any Court of First Instance, or tribunal or institution or order a new trial or further hearing upon such terms as the court may think fit.
(b) The High Court may further receive and admit new evidence additional to, or supplementary of, the evidence already taken in the Court of First Instance touching the matters at issue in any original case, suit, prosecution, or action, as the justice of the case may require.


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