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16 Notice of appeal or application for leave.U.K.
(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, a person who wishes to appeal under this Part of this Act to the Court of Appeal, or to obtain the Court’s leave to appeal, shall give notice of appeal, or of his application for leave to appeal, in the prescribed manner within twenty-eight days from the date of the conviction, verdict or finding appealed against or, in the case of an appeal or application for leave to appeal against sentence, from the date on which sentence was passed or, in the case of an order made or treated as made on conviction, from the date of the making of the order.
(2)The time for giving notice of appeal or of application for leave to appeal may be extended at any time by the Court.
(3)The Master shall furnish the necessary forms and instructions in relation to notices of appeal, or notices of application under this Act, to any person who demands them, and to officers of courts, governors of prisons and such other persons as he thinks fit; and governors of prisons shall—
(a)cause the forms and instructions to be placed at the disposal of prisoners desiring to appeal or to make any application under this Act; and
(b)cause any such notice given by a prisoner in custody to be forwarded on behalf of the prisoner to the Master.
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