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181 Stated case: directions by High Court.S
(1)Without prejudice to any other power of relief which the High Court may have, where it appears to that court on application made in accordance with subsection (2) below, that the applicant has failed to comply with any of the requirements of—
(a)subsection (1) of section 176 of this Act; or
(b)subsection (1) or (9) of section 179 of this Act,
the High Court may direct that such further period of time as it may think proper be afforded to the applicant to comply with any requirement of the aforesaid provisions.
(2)Any application for a direction under subsection (1) above shall be made in writing to the Clerk of Justiciary and shall state the ground for the application, and, in the case of an application for the purposes of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) above, notification of the application shall be made by the appellant or his solicitor to the clerk of the court from which the appeal is to be taken, and the clerk shall thereupon transmit the complaint, documentary productions and any other proceedings in the cause to the Clerk of Justiciary.
(3)The High Court shall dispose of any application under subsection (1) above in like manner as an application to review the decision of an inferior court on a grant of bail, but shall have power—
(a)to dispense with a hearing; and
(b)to make such enquiry in relation to the application as the court may think fit,
and when the High Court has disposed of the application the Clerk of Justiciary shall inform the clerk of the inferior court of the result.
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