Part I

Appeal to Court of Appeal in Criminal Cases

Procedure from notice of appeal to hearing

Initiating procedure.
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A person who wishes to appeal under this Part of this Act to the Court of Appeal, or to obtain the leave of that court to appeal, shall give notice of appeal or, as the case may be, notice of application for leave to appeal, in such manner as may be directed by rules of court.
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Notice of appeal, or of application for leave to appeal, shall be given within twenty-eight days from the date of the conviction, verdict or finding appealed against, or in the case of appeal against sentence, from the date on which sentence was passed or, in the case of an order made or treated as made on conviction, from the date of the making of the order.
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The time for giving notice under this section may be extended, either before or after it expires, by the Court of Appeal.
S. 18 excluded (1.10.1997 for specified purposes and otherwise prosp.) by 1997 c. 43, ss. 5(2), 57(2); S.I. 1997/2200, art. 2(1)(d) (with art. 5)
S. 18 excluded (25.8.2000) by Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6), ss. 112(2), 168(1)
S. 18(2) modified by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), s. 47(5)
S. 18(2) modified (25.8.2000) by Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6), ss. 155(6)(a), 168(1) (with s. 155(8), Sch. 10 paras. 11, 19)
S. 18 excluded (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), ss. 309(3)(5), 416(1) (with ss. 2, 398(1), 406, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2
S. 18(2) modified (24.7.2006 for specified purposes) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 48(5)(b), 336(3)(4) (with s. 48(4)); S.I. 2006/1835, art. 2(f)
S. 18 excluded (4.4.2005) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 231(2)(4), 336(3)(4); S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 18 (with Sch. 2) (as inserted (3.12.2012) in the case of s. 231(4) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 19 para. 20(4); S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(q))
S. 18 excluded by Prevention of Crime Act 1953 (c. 14), s. 1(2E) (as inserted (17.7.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 28(2), 95(1); S.I. 2015/1463, art. 2(a))
S. 18 excluded by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33), ss. 139(6E), 139A(5E) (as inserted (17.7.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 28(5)(6), 95(1); S.I. 2015/1463, art. 2(a))
S. 18(2) modified (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), ss. 15(5)(a), 458(1); S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch.
S. 18(2) modified (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), ss. 385(6)(a), 416(1) (with ss. 2, 398(1), 406, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2
S. 18(2) modified (8.1.2007) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), ss. 19(4)(b)(5), 60 (with ss. 19(7), 21(2)); S.I. 2006/3423, art. 2(a) (with art. 3)