Section 171Part 9 — Appeals from Summary Court
Admission of appellant to bail
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Where the appellant is in custody the appellate court or the Summary Court may, if the circumstances appear exceptional, order that the appellant be released on bail, with or without sureties, pending the determination of the appeal: Provided that if the appeal is abandoned, withdrawn or dismissed, any such order for bail shall forthwith be cancelled.
Where the appellant is released on bail or the sentence is suspended pending an appeal, any time during which the appellant is at large after being so released or during which the sentence has been suspended shall be excluded in computing the term of any sentence to which the accused is subject.
An appellant who has given oral or written notice of appeal may elect to remain on remand in custody, or begin to serve that person's sentence pending the hearing of that person's appeal. Any period of remand in custody shall not count as part of the sentence. A person electing to be so remanded in custody shall be treated as a person awaiting trial.