(1)Subject to this section and section 401, the General Division of the 2021High Court may, on its own motion or on the application of a Subordinate2014State2014 Court, the Public Prosecutor or the accused in any proceedings, call for and examine the record of any criminal proceeding before any Subordinate2014State2014 Court to satisfy itself as to the correctness, legality or propriety of any judgment, sentence or order recorded or passed and as to the regularity of those proceedings.
Section history
Section 400 — Power to call for records of State Courts
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(2)No application may be made by any party under this section in relation to any judgment, sentence or order which he2021the party2021 could have appealed against but had failed to do so in accordance with the law unless the application is made —
(a)against a failure by a court to impose the mandatory minimum sentence or any other sentence required by written law; or
(b)against a sentence imposed by a court which the court is not competent to impose.