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The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

Section 427Arrest of accused in appeal from acquittal

In forcePart VII OF APPEAL, REFERENCE AND REVISIONChapter XXXI OF APPEALS

Part VII OF APPEAL, REFERENCE AND REVISION

Chapter XXXI OF APPEALS

s. 427

427. Arrest of accused in appeal from acquittal When an appeal is presented under [section 417 or section 417A, the High Court Division or any other Appellate Court, as the case may be,] issue a warrant directing that the accused be arrested and brought before it or any subordinate Court, and the Court before which he is brought may commit him to prison pending the disposal of the appeal, or admit him to bail.

  1. 470. The words, figures and commas "section 417 or section 417A, the High Court Division or any other Appellate Court, as the case may be," were substituted for the words, figures, commas and brackets "section 411A, sub-section (2), or section 417, the High Court Division" by section 2 and Schedule of the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. XLIX of 1978)

End of s. 427. Not in the index for this Act: Schedule (sub).

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