Duties of Registrar with respect to notices of appeal, etc

(1) The Registrar shall take all necessary steps for obtaining a hearing under this Part of any appeal or application, notice of which is given to him under this Part, and shall obtain and lay before the Court in proper form all documents, exhibits and other things relating to the proceedings in the Court before which the appellant or applicant was tried which appear necessary for the proper determination of the appeal or application. (2) If it appears to the Registrar that any notice of an appeal against conviction, purporting to be on a ground of appeal which involves a question of law alone, does not show any substantial ground of appeal, the Registrar may refer the appeal to the Court for summary determination and, where the case is so referred, the Court may, if they consider the appeal is frivolous and vexatious and can be determined without adjourning the same for a full hearing, dismiss the appeal summarily, without calling 30 on any persons to attend the hearing or to appear for the Crown thereon. (3) Any documents, exhibits or other things connected with the proceedings on the trial of any person on indictment who, if convicted, is entitled or may be authorised to appeal under this Part, shall be kept in the custody of the court of trial in accordance with rules of court made for this purpose for such time as may be provided by the rules, and subject to such power as may be given by the rules for the conditional release of any such documents, exhibits or things from that custody. (4) The Registrar shall furnish the necessary forms and instructions in relation to notices of appeal or notices of application under this Part to any person who demands them and to officers of courts, the Superintendent of Prisons and such other persons or officers as he thinks fit and the Superintendent of Prisons shall cause those forms and instructions to be placed at the disposal of prisoners desiring to appeal or to make any application under this Part and shall cause any such notice given by a prisoner in his custody to be forwarded on behalf of the prisoner to the Registrar. (5) The Registrar shall report to the Court or judge thereof any case in which it appears to him that, although no application has been made for the purpose, an attorney-at-law ought to be assigned to an appellant under the powers given to the Court by this Part.