(1)The opinion of the General Division of the 2021High Court or the Court of Appeal must be in the form of an answer to the question set out in the case stated under section 395 or 396.
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Section 399 — Opinion on case stated
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
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(2)The Registrar of the Supreme Court must deliver a copy of the opinion of the General Division of the 2021High Court or of the Court of Appeal and such orders that the Court has made under section 398 to —
(a)the Public Prosecutor;
(b)the Registrar of the Subordinate2014State2014 Courts where the trial court which stated the case is a Subordinate2014State2014 Court; and
(c)every party to the proceedings in which the case stated arose.
(3)If the opinion of the General Division of the 2021High Court or the Court of Appeal,2021Appeal2021 as2021(as2021 the case may be,2021be)2021 is given pending the conclusion of the trial, the trial court must proceed with the case having regard to the opinion on the case stated and any order of the General Division of the 2021High Court or the 2012Court of Appeal made under section 398.