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Reservation of questions of law

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Part 6Appeals and reservation of questions of law
Division 2Appeals from Criminal Division of Court

43 Reservation of questions of law

(1)

The Court may reserve any question of law arising in a criminal action (except committal proceedings for a charge of an indictable offence) for determination by a superior court.

(2)

The question will be reserved—

(b)

in any other case—for determination by the Supreme Court constituted of a single Judge (but the Judge may, if he or she thinks fit, refer the matter for determination by the Court of Appeal).

(3)

The Court for whose determination a question of law is reserved under this section may determine the question and give any consequential orders or directions that may be appropriate in the circumstances of the case.

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