Terms used
6 Terms used
In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears —
decision, of a court of summary jurisdiction, means any of the following —
a judgment entered under the Criminal Procedure Act 2004 section 128(2) or (3);
a decision ordering a permanent stay of a prosecution;
a decision to convict an accused of a charge, whether after a plea of guilty or after a trial;
a decision to acquit an accused of a charge;
a decision to acquit an accused of a charge on account of mental impairment;
a decision under the Criminal Law (Mental Impairment) Act 2023 section 29 that an accused is fit, or unfit, to stand trial;
an order under the Criminal Law (Mental Impairment) Act 2023 section 37(2)(a) discharging an accused from a charge or a refusal to make such an order;
a finding under the Criminal Law (Mental Impairment) Act 2023 section 41(2)(c);
an order under the Criminal Law (Mental Impairment) Act 2023 Part 5 or a refusal to make such an order;
the setting of a limiting term under the Criminal Law (Mental Impairment) Act 2023 section 50(2);
a sentence imposed, or order made, as a result of a conviction or acquittal;
a refusal to make an order that might be made as a result of a conviction or acquittal;
a decision as to costs;
a decision made under the Criminal Investigation Act 2006 section 151;
Supreme Court means the Supreme Court constituted by a single judge sitting in its General Division.
[Section 6 amended: No. 59 of 2006 s. 73; No. 10 of 2023 s. 299 and 313.]
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