5BCase stated from District Court

#### 5B Case stated from District Court 5B Case stated from District Court > > (1) A Judge of the District Court may submit any question of law arising on any appeal to the District Court in its criminal and special jurisdiction coming before the Judge to the Court of Criminal Appeal for determination, and the Court of Criminal Appeal may make any such order or give any such direction to the District Court as it thinks fit. > > > (2) At the request of a person who was a party to appeal proceedings referred to in subsection (1), a question of law may be submitted under that subsection to the Court of Criminal Appeal for determination even though the appeal proceedings during which the question arose have been disposed of. The question of law must be submitted not later than 28 days after the end of the appeal proceedings, or within such longer period as the Court of Criminal Appeal may allow. > > > (3) The Court of Criminal Appeal may, in connection with the determination of a question of law in the circumstances referred to in subsection (2), quash any acquittal, conviction or sentence of the District Court on the appeal to the District Court. > > **s 5B:** Ins 1924 No 10, sec 33. Am 1929 No 2, sec 17; 1939 No 17, sec 176; 1951 No 31, sec 7 (b); 1975 No 1, sec 5 (b); 1998 No 137, Sch 2.8 \[1\]; 2006 No 69, Sch 2.2 \[2\].