Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 419
419. (1) Besides the indications common to judicial acts, the
application shall, contain -
(a) a brief statement of the facts;
(b) the grounds of the appeal;
(c) a demand that the judgment of the inferior court be
reversed or varied.
(2) If the appeal is made by the Attorney General, the applicati on
shall, under pain of nullity, be signed by him and shall be fil ed in the
the superior court.
(3) Where the appellant is not the Attorney General, the
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application shall be signed, under pain of nullity, by an advoc ate,
and shall be filed in the registry of the court which shall hav e
pronounced the judgment appealed from. The registrar shall, wit hin
two working days from the receipt of the application, transmit the
same to the superior court, together with a copy of the judgmen t,
the notes of the depositions, if any, and the record of the
proceedings.
(3A) When the appellant is no t the Attorney General, the
application shall contain the a ddress where the appellant usual ly
resides at the time of its filing in the registry of the court:
Provided that where, in the cour se of the appeal, the appellant ,
who is not the Attorney General, changes the address above, he shall
inform immediately the court by means of a note filed in the re gistry of
the same court.
(4) In case of appeals from the Court of Magistrates (Gozo),
the application, the copy of the judgment, the notes of the
depositions, if any, and the record of the proceedings, may be sent
by post.
Free legal aid.
Added by:
XI.1900.70.
Amended by:
XXI.1971.27;
XXIV .1995.362.
Substituted by:
III.2002.95.
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