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309 Sentence not stayed during appeal period
(1) A sentence is not stayed during the appeal period unless—
(a) this Act or any other Act otherwise provides; or
(b) an order is made under subsection (2).
(2) The trial judge or, if a notice of appeal or notice of application for leave to appeal is filed, the Court of Appeal may stay a sentence if satisfied that it is in the interests of justice to do so.
See the definition of ***sentence*** in section 3.