Clause 43

For the purpose of hearing and determining appeals under this Part, and for the purpose of any other proceedings under this Act, the Court of Criminal Appeal shall be summoned in accordance with directions given by the Chief Justice, and the Court shall be duly constituted if it consists of not less than three Judges or any greater uneven number of Judges.

The Court shall sit at such place or places as the Chief Justice may from time to time appoint.

The Chief Justice shall be President of the Court and in his absence the senior member of the Court shall preside.

A Judge shall not sit on the hearing of any appeal, or on the hearing of any application for leave to appeal, against a verdict given or sentence passed at a trial at which he presided, or on the consideration of any point reserved by him under the provisions of section 308 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 132).

The determination of any question before the Court shall be according to the opinion of the majority of the members of the Court hearing the case.

The Court of Criminal Appeal shall, for the purposes of and subject to the provisions of this Act, have full power to determine any question necessary to be determined for the purpose of doing justice in any case before the Court.