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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 47)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

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Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980

1980 CHAPTER 47

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    Appeal to Court of Appeal from Crown Court

    1. Appeal against conviction on indictment

      1. 1. Right of appeal against conviction on indictment

      2. 2. Grounds for allowing appeal against conviction

      3. 3. Power to substitute conviction of alternative offence

      4. 3A.Power to substitute conviction of alternative offence after guilty plea

      5. 4. Alteration of sentence on appeal against conviction

      6. 5. Appeal against conviction on special verdict

    2. Retrial

      1. 6. Power to order retrial

      2. 7. Supplementary provisions as to retrial

    3. Appeal against sentence

      1. 8. Appeal against sentence following conviction on indictment

      2. 9. Appeal in other cases dealt with by Crown Court

      3. 10. Supplementary provisions as to appeals against sentence

    4. Appeal in cases of insanity

      1. 11. Appeal against conviction: substitution of finding of insanity

      2. 12. Appeal against finding of not guilty on ground of insanity

      3. 13. Disposal of appeal allowed under s. 12

    5. Appeal against finding of unfitness to be tried

      1. 13A. Appeal against finding of unfitness to be tried

    6. Review of cases

      1. 14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    7. Reference of point of law

      1. 15. Reference of point of law following acquittal on indictment

    8. Procedure from notice of appeal to hearing

      1. 16. Notice of appeal or application for leave

      2. 16A. Appeals in cases of contempt of court

      3. 17. Bail

      4. 18. Groundless appeals or applications for leave to appeal

      5. 19. Legal aid

      6. 20. Preparation of case for hearing

    9. Transcripts, documents, etc

      1. 21. Transcripts

      2. 22. Trial documents, etc

      3. 23. Judge’s notes and report

    10. The hearing

      1. 24. Right of appellant to be present

      2. 25. Evidence

      3. 25A. Power to order investigations

      4. 26. Additional powers of Court

    11. Matters depending on result of appeal

      1. 27. Restitution of property

      2. 28. Costs

      3. 29. Computation of sentence

    12. Interpretation

      1. 30. Interpretation of Part I

  2. Part II

    Appeal to House of Lords from Court of Appeal

    1. The appeal

      1. 31. Right of appeal to House of Lords

      2. 32. Application for leave to appeal

      3. 33. Hearing and disposal of appeal

    2. Reference of point of law

      1. 34. Further reference to House of Lords of point of law following acquittal on indictment

    3. Matters preliminary to hearing

      1. 35. Bail

      2. 36. Detention of defendant pending appeal by Crown

      3. 37. Legal aid

      4. 38. Presence of defendant at hearing

    4. Matters depending on result of appeal

      1. 39. Computation of sentence

      2. 40. Restitution of property

      3. 41. Costs

      4. 42. Taxation of costs

  3. Part III

    Miscellaneous and Supplementary

    1. Exercise of jurisdiction under this Act by Court of Appeal

      1. 43. Jurisdiction of Court of Appeal under this Act

      2. 44. Composition of Court of Appeal sitting under this Act

      3. 45. Powers of Court which are exercisable by single judge

      4. 46. Judgment

    2. Supplementary

      1. 47. Rules of court

      2. 47A. Appeals in cases of death

      3. 48. Appeal in capital cases

      4. 49. Saving for prerogative of mercy

      5. 50. Interpretation

      6. 51. Consequential amendments, repeals and transitional provisions

      7. 52. Short title and commencement

  4. SCHEDULE 1

    Provisions Applicable on Retrial

  5. SCHEDULE 2

    Consequences and Effect of Order under Section 13(6) for Detention in Hospital

  6. SCHEDULE 3

  7. SCHEDULE 4

    Amendments

  8. SCHEDULE 5

    Repeals

An Act to consolidate the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act l968 and related enactments.

[lst August l980]

Annotations:

Commencement Information

I1Act wholly in force 1.9.1980 see s. 52(2)

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