Section 27Part 4 — Supplementary Provisions
Reservation of questions of law for the Court
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Upon the conviction of any person before the Grand Court, the Judge, in the Judge's discretion, may reserve any question of law which has arisen at the trial for the consideration of the Court, and thereupon, if the Judge thinks fit, may respite execution of the judgment until such question has been decided or may commit the person convicted to prison, in which case the person shall be treated as an appellant for the purposes of section 17(2) and (3), or may authorise that person's release on bail.
The Judge shall thereupon state, in a case signed by that Judge, the question of law which has been so reserved with the special circumstances upon which the same has arisen and shall transmit such case to the Registrar, and the Court shall thereupon have power to hear and finally determine such question and to reverse, affirm or amend any judgment which shall have been given on the trial of the indictment or information upon which such question arose, or to make such other order as the justice of the case may require.
The Court, when a case has been reserved for its opinion under this section, may, if it thinks fit, cause the same to be sent back for amendment, and thereupon the same shall be amended accordingly and the judgment of the Court given after such amendment has been made.
Cross References
- Section 17 of Court Of Appeal Act
person shall be treated as an appellant for the purposes of section 17(2) and (3)