Criminal Procedure Code · s 434

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s 434Appellant may be present

(1)

Except as provided by this section, an appellant shall be entitled to be present, if he wishes it, on the hearing of his appeal, although he may be in custody.

(2)

A person in custody shall not be entitled to be present -

(a)

on any proceedings preliminary or incidental to an appeal; or

(b)

where he is in custody in consequence of a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity or of a finding of disability, unless the Court of Appeal gives him leave to be present.

(3)

The power of the Court of Appeal to pass sentence on a person may be exercised although he is for any reason not present.

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