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Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980

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30Interpretation of Part I

In this Part of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.—

  • " appellant " includes a person who has given notice of application for leave to appeal;

  • " the court of trial " means, in relation to an appeal, the court from which the appeal lies ;

  • " insane person " has the meaning given to it by section 1 of the [1966 c. 20 (N.I.).] Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1966, and " insanity " shall be construed accordingly ; and

  • " sentence " includes any order of the court of trial made on conviction with reference to the person convicted or his wife or children, and any recommendation of that court as to the making of a deportation order in the case of a person convicted ;

and a power of the Court of Appeal to pass sentence includes power to make any such order or recommendation which could lawfully have been made by the court of trial.

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