Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Part 7
277. Summary rejection of appeal
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
On receiving the documents mentioned in section 276, the
Judge shall peruse the document, and if he considers that there is no sufficient ground for interfering, he may reject the appeal summarily:
Judge
"Judge" means a Judge of the Supreme Court and includes, where the context so permits, the Chief Justice;
Provided that no appeal shall be rejected summarily except in the case mentioned in subsection (2), unless the appellant has had a reasonable opportunity of being heard either personally or in writing in support of the appeal.
Where -
an appeal is brought on the ground that the conviction is against the weight of the evidence or that the sentence is excessive; and
it appears to the Judge that the evidence is sufficient to support the conviction and that there is nothing in the circumstances of the case which could raise a reasonable doubt whether the conviction was right or lead him to consider that the sentence ought to be reduced,
a the appeal may without being set down for hearing, be summarily rejected by an order certifying that the appeal has been lodged without any sufficient ground of complaint.
If an appeal is dismissed summarily, any appeal fee paid shall be refunded to the appellant.
Terms defined in s 2
complaint
Defined · s 2"complaint" means the allegation made orally or in writing to a Magistrate with a view to his taking action under this Code that some person whether known or unknown has committed or is guilty of an offence;
Judge
Defined · s 2"Judge" means a Judge of the Supreme Court and includes, where the context so permits, the Chief Justice;
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