Part I Appeal to Court of Appeal in Criminal Cases
Appeal against conviction on indictment
2 Grounds for allowing appeal under s. 1.
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Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Court of Appeal—
a
shall allow an appeal against conviction if they think that the conviction is unsafe; and
b
shall dismiss such an appeal in any other case.
2
In the case of an appeal against conviction the Court shall, if they allow the appeal, quash the conviction.
3
An order of the Court of Appeal quashing a conviction shall, except when under section 7 below the appellant is ordered to be retried, operate as a direction to the court of trial to enter, instead of the record of conviction, a judgment and verdict of acquittal.