SCHEDULES

F1F1SCHEDULE 3

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Amendments (Textual)

Appeal to House of Lords

3

The power of the Court of Appeal or the House of Lords under section 32 of this Act to extend the time for making an application for leave to appeal shall not be exercisable in the case of a conviction involving sentence of death.

4

An application for leave to appeal under Part II of this Act in a case involving sentence of death and any appeal for which leave is granted on the application, shall be heard and determined with as much expedition as practicable.

5

Where an appeal to the Court of Appeal is dismissed in a case involving sentence of death, the sentence shall not in any case be executed until after the expiration of the time for making an application for leave to appeal under Part II of this Act; and if such an application is duly made, the sentence shall not be executed while that application, and any appeal for which leave to appeal is granted thereon, is pending.

6

Section 32(3) of this Act applies for the construction of paragraph 5 above.