400Court of Criminal Appeal

400 Court of Criminal Appeal

[Section 400 Amended by No. 44 of 1965, s. 5 and Sched. 1 ][Section 400 Amended by No. 50 of 1977, s. 10 ][Section 400 Amended by No. 33 of 1982, s. 5 ]

(1)  The Court of Criminal Appeal is duly constituted for the purpose of exercising any of its jurisdiction if it consists of 3 or more judges of the Supreme Court, but, in relation to any particular appeal, may be duly constituted by only 2 such judges if none of the parties to the appeal objects to the Court being so constituted for the purpose of hearing the appeal.

(2)  The determination of any question before the Court shall be according to the opinion of the majority of the judges, or in case the judges are equally divided, according to the opinion of the Chief Justice, or in his absence, of the Senior Judge.

(3)  The Court shall be a superior court of record, and shall, for the purposes of, and subject to the provisions of, this chapter, have full power to determine in accordance with this chapter any question necessary to be determined for the purpose of doing justice in any case before the Court.

(4)  [Section 400 Amended by No. 76 of 2009, s. 9, Applied:11 Dec 2009] The Associate Judge of the Supreme Court is to be an Associate Judge of the Court.

(5)  The Registrar, the Deputy Registrar, and the Assistant Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court shall, respectively, be the Registrar, the Deputy Registrar, and the Assistant Deputy Registrar of the Court.

(6)  Subject to the Rules of Court, the Deputy Registrar or the Assistant Deputy Registrar of the Court may exercise any of the functions conferred by this Act or otherwise on the Registrar, and any act or thing done by or before the Deputy Registrar or the Assistant Deputy Registrar of the Court has the same force and effect as if it were done by or before the Registrar.