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Section 376 — Appeal against acquittal and sentence in private prosecutions

Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.

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376.Appeal against acquittal and sentence in private prosecutions

(1)Where in any prosecution by a private person —

(a)an accused has been acquitted by a court; or

(b)an accused has been convicted and sentenced by a court,

there shallis to be no appeal against the acquittal or the sentence,sentence as(as the case may be,be) by the private person.

(2)The Public Prosecutor may appeal against any judgment, sentence or order of a court in a private prosecution or he may, by fiat, and on such terms and conditions as hethe Public Prosecutor thinks fit, permit a private person to pursue such appeal.