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63.2.—(1) An appellant must serve an appeal notice on—
(a)the magistrates' court officer; and
(b)every other party.
(2) The appellant must serve the appeal notice—
(a)as soon after the decision appealed against as the appellant wants; but
(b)not more than 21 days after—
(i)sentence or the date sentence is deferred, whichever is earlier, if the appeal is against conviction or against a finding of guilt,
(ii)sentence, if the appeal is against sentence, or
(iii)the order or failure to make an order about which the appellant wants to appeal, in any other case.
(3) The appellant must—
(a)serve with the appeal notice any application for an extension of the time limit under this rule; and
(b)in that application, explain why the appeal notice is late.
[Note. Under section 1(1) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000(1), a magistrates' court may defer passing sentence for up to 6 months.]
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