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Powers of Court of Appeal

Cap. 320, s. 20 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) The Court of Appeal may dismiss the appeal and confirm the order or may allow the appeal and set aside the order or may vary the order or may allow the appeal and direct that the application be re-heard by the Council and may also make any order as to costs before the Council and as to costs of the appeal, as the Court may think proper, Provided that, in the re-hearing of an application following an appeal by the attorney, no greater punishment shall be inflicted upon the attorney concerned than was inflicted by the order made by the Chief Justice. (2) Where the Court of Appeal confirms the order, whether with or without variation, the order shall take effect from the date of the order made by the Court of Appeal confirming it.
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