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| (1) Subject to subsection (4) every appeal from a judgment, conviction, sentence, decree or final order of a Primary Court shall be by petition and presented to the Judge of the Primary Court, save as otherwise provided in subsection (5), within fourteen days of the date of entering of the judgment, conviction, sentence, decree or final order appealed against. |
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| (2) Such petition of appeal shall be in writing and state shortly the grounds of appeal and be signed by the appellant or his attorney-at-law. |
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| (3) Every such petition of appeal shall bear a stamp to the value of five rupees but where the appellant is the Attorney-General such stamp shall not be necessary. |
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| (4) An appeal shall not lie from an acquittal by a Judge of the Primary Court except at the instance of or with the written sanction of the Attorney-General. |
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| (5) Where the Attorney-General prefers an appeal against any judgment, sentence or final order pronounced by a Primary Court in any criminal case or matter or where the appeal is from an acquittal with the sanction of the Attorney-General, the time within which the petition of appeal must be preferred shall be twenty-eight days from the date of entering of the judgment, sentence or order. |
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