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Right of appeal to Court of Appeal

Cap. 91, s. 103 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) An appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal from any order or decision of the Supreme Court in the exercise of jurisdiction to punish for contempt of court, including criminal (2) The Court of Appeal may reverse or vary the order or decision of the Supreme Court and make such other order as may be just, and without prejudice to the power of the Court of Appeal under the Court of Appeal Act or the rules made thereunder, provision may be made by rules of court for authorising the releasing on bail of an appellant under this (3) In this section, “Supreme Court” includes a single judge when exercising jurisdiction to punish for contempt of court.
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