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Criminal Procedure Act 2009
285Determination of appeal
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285 Determination of appeal
(1) On an appeal under section 283, the Court of Appeal must allow the appeal if the appellant satisfies the court that—
(a) there is an error in the sentence imposed; and
(2) In any other case, the Court of Appeal must dismiss an appeal under section 283.
S. 285(3) amended by No. 3/2016 s. 79.
(3) If the Court of Appeal is considering imposing a more severe sentence than the sentence imposed by the County Court or the Trial Division of the Supreme Court, as the case requires, the Court of Appeal must warn the appellant, as early as possible during the hearing of the appeal, that the appellant faces the possibility that a more severe sentence may be imposed than that imposed by the County Court or the Trial Division of the Supreme Court.