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Criminal Justice Act 1925

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16Amendments of Criminal Appeal Act, 1907

(1)An application to the Attorney-General under subsection (6) of section one of the [7 Edw. 7. c. 23.] Criminal Appeal Act, 1907, for a certificate authorising an appeal to the House of Lords from the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeal, shall be made within a period of seven days from the date when the decision of the court was given.

(2)Where the Court of Criminal Appeal has allowed an appeal against conviction and the prosecutor gives notice to the court immediately after the decision of the court has been given on the appeal that he intends to apply to the Attorney-General for such a certificate as aforesaid, the court may make an order providing for the detention of the defendant, or directing that the defendant shall not be released except on bail, until either the Attorney-General has refused to grant the certificate or a decision on the appeal has been given by the House of Lords, as the case may be.

(3)The power to make rules of court conferred by section eighteen of the Criminal Appeal Act, 1907, shall include power to make rules for the purpose of carrying this section into effect.

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