Criminal Procedure Code · s 438N

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s 438NAppeal of Public Prosecutor not to be allowed on certain grounds

Except where, in the opinion of the Court of Appeal, a miscarriage of justice has actually occurred, no appeal by the Public Prosecutor shall be allowed under this Chapter because of -

(a)

any defect which, if pointed out during the progress of the trial, might have been amended by the trial Court; or

any informality in the swearing of a witness.

Procedure for appeal by Public Prosecutor