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Review on application of the Director of Public Prosecutions

Cap. 91, s. 113 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) In any case where the Director of Public Prosecutions is of the opinion that justice requires that a decision of an inferior court which is subject to appeal should be brought by way of review before the Court, he may, on a motion ex parte Review of 64 made at any time within three months after the pronouncement of the decision, apply to the Court for an order that the decision be brought before the Court by way of review. (2) Where the Court grants an order for the review, there shall be served on each party to the cause within fourteen days a certified copy of the order and of the grounds for review. (3) On a review the Court shall have the same powers as on an appeal. (4) If on a review the decision is modified or reversed no action shall be brought against anyone in respect thereof except with the express permission of the Court. (5) On any application for an order of review or on any review the Court may, if it thinks fit, and shall on the application of the Director of Public Prosecutions or any party to the cause, send for the record of the inferior court containing the decision which it is sought to review and may peruse such record.

Amended by: 1 of 1969; 14 of 1968; 1 of 1969

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Review on application of the Director of Public Prosecutions — Cap. 91 s. 113 · Belize Law