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Right of appeal from decision of inferior court

Cap. 91, s. 107 · Revised Edition 2020

Pursuant to section 24, any person dissatisfied with any decision of an inferior court may appeal to the Court subject to the conditions and regulations prescribed by this Act and by any Provided that no appeal shall lie to the Court in the following cases– (a) where a party in the inferior court confessed or admitted the truth of the accusation or the correctness of the claim, as the case may be, brought against him; (b) where imprisonment is adjudged for failure to comply with an order for the payment of money, for the finding of sureties, for the entering into any recognisance, or for the giving of any security; (c) where in a civil case before decision both parties agree in writing, to be signed by themselves or by their attorneys-at-law, that the decision of the inferior court shall be final; (d) where by virtue of any law now or which may hereafter be in force the accused has specially consented to an adjudication of his case by the inferior court; or (e) where it is provided by any statute that no appeal shall lie from the decision of an inferior court in any particular case.
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