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Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Chapter XLIV
Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Chapter XLIV
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
This section applies on an appeal against conviction where the appellant has been convicted of an offence and the Judge could have found him guilty of some other offence, and on the finding of the Judge, it appeals to the Court of Appeal that the Judge must have been satisfied of facts which proved the appellant guilty of the other offence.
offence
"offence" means any act or omission made punishable by any other written law for the time being in force…
The Court of Appeal may, instead of allowing or dismissing the appeal, substitute for the verdict found by the Judge, a verdict of guilty of the other offence, and pass such sentence in substitution for the sentence passed at the trial as may be authorised by law for the other offence.
Court of Appeal
"Court of Appeal" means the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court for Brunei Darussalam;
Court of Appeal
"Court of Appeal" means the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court for Brunei Darussalam;
Judge
"Judge" means a Judge of the Supreme Court and includes, where the context so permits, the Chief Justice;
offence
"offence" means any act or omission made punishable by any other written law for the time being in force…