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(1)If any period of time specified in any provision of this Part of this Act relating to appeals expires on a Saturday, Sunday or court holiday prescribed for the relevant court, the period shall be extended to expire on the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or such court holiday.
(2)Where a judge against whose judgement an appeal is taken—
(a)is temporarily absent from duty for any cause;
(b)is a temporary sheriff; or
(c)is a justice of the peace,
the sheriff principal of the sheriffdom in which the court at which the judgement was pronounced is situated may extend any period specified in sections 178(1) and 179(4) and (7) of this Act for such period as he considers reasonable.
(3)For the purposes of sections 176(1)(a) and 178(1) of this Act, summary proceedings shall be deemed to be finally determined on the day on which sentence is passed in open court; except that, where in relation to an appeal—
(a)under section 175(2)(a) or (3)(a); or
(b)in so far as it is against conviction, under section 175(2)(d),
of this Act sentence is deferred under section 202 of this Act, they shall be deemed finally determined on the day on which sentence is first so deferred in open court.
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