171Appeal to be instituted within 28 days

171 Appeal to be instituted within 28 days (1) The appeal shall be instituted by notice in accordance with section 172 and by payment of the fee specified in section 172. (2) Every appeal shall be instituted within 28 days from the time of the conviction, order, or adjudication appealed against: Provided that where the Supreme Court is of opinion that, by reason of the remoteness from the seat of the Court of Appeal of the place at which the conviction, order, determination, or adjudication was effected or made, an extension of the time within which notice of appeal from the conviction, order, determination, or adjudication may be given is reasonable, the Supreme Court may extend that time for such further period, not exceeding 3 months, as it thinks fit.

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