European Convention Act (Cap. 319)

European Convention Act (Cap. 319), article 4A

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4A. (1) The provisions of paragraphs 22 to 25 (inclusive) of the Explanatory Report on the Seventh Protocol to the Conventio n reproduced in the Third Schedule to this Act shall apply to the interpretation of the provisions of the following provisions of this article and of article 3 of the Seventh Protocol to the Convent ion. (2) The maximum compensation payable under article 3 of the Seventh Protocol to the Convention shall be twenty-three thousa nd and two hundred and ninety-three euro and seventy-three cents (23,293.73). Such compensation shall be fixed by agreement between the party claiming such compensation or failing such agreement by the Civil Court, First Hall, upon an application b y the person claiming compensation made within six months of the date when the person’s conviction has been reversed or such person h as been pardoned. (3) An appeal from the determination of the compensation by the Civil Court, First Hall, shall lie to the Court of Appeal b y application filed within twenty days from the determination of the application by the Civil Court, First Hall. Right of individual petition.

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