Criminal Practice Rules 1999
sec.76Appellant on bail
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sec.76 Appellant on bail
If an appellant who has been admitted to bail and is not represented by a lawyer does not attend a hearing of the appeal, subsequent appeal or leave application, the court may do the following— consider the appeal, subsequent appeal or leave application in the appellant’s absence; decline to consider the appeal, subsequent appeal or leave application; summarily dismiss the appeal, subsequent appeal or leave application; make another order the court considers appropriate; issue a warrant for the appellant’s apprehension. In this rule— leave application means— an application for leave to appeal; or an application for leave to make a subsequent appeal. r 76 amd 2024 SL No. 178 s 24 (sec.76-ssec.1) If an appellant who has been admitted to bail and is not represented by a lawyer does not attend a hearing of the appeal, subsequent appeal or leave application, the court may do the following— consider the appeal, subsequent appeal or leave application in the appellant’s absence; decline to consider the appeal, subsequent appeal or leave application; summarily dismiss the appeal, subsequent appeal or leave application; make another order the court considers appropriate; issue a warrant for the appellant’s apprehension. (sec.76-ssec.2) In this rule— leave application means— an application for leave to appeal; or an application for leave to make a subsequent appeal.
- (a) consider the appeal, subsequent appeal or leave application in the appellant’s absence;
- (b) decline to consider the appeal, subsequent appeal or leave application;
- (c) summarily dismiss the appeal, subsequent appeal or leave application;
- (d) make another order the court considers appropriate;
- (e) issue a warrant for the appellant’s apprehension.
- (a) an application for leave to appeal; or
- (b) an application for leave to make a subsequent appeal.