Criminal Procedure Code 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 20 · Appeals, Points Reserved, Revisions and Criminal Motions
374. When appeal may be made
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An appeal against any judgment, sentence or order of a court, or any decision of the General Division of the High Court mentioned in section 149M(1), may only be made as provided for by this Code or by any other written law.
court
“court” means the Court of Appeal, the General Division of the High Court, a Family Court, a Youth Court, a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court (as the case may be) which exercises criminal jurisdiction;
An appeal may lie on a question of fact or a question of law or on a question of mixed fact and law.
An appeal by the Public Prosecutor is to be against the acquittal of an accused or the sentence imposed on an accused or an order of the trial court.
An appeal by a person convicted by a trial court is to be against the person’s conviction, the sentence imposed on the person or an order of the trial court.
No appeal may lie against the conviction of an accused of any offence by a trial court until after the trial court imposes a sentence in relation to that offence.
No appeal may lie against any order made by a Magistrate, a District Judge, the Registrar of the State Courts or the Registrar of the Supreme Court in any criminal case disclosure conference held under Part 9 or 10.
Judge
“Judge” means a Supreme Court Judge, a Senior Judge or a Judicial Commissioner sitting in the General Division of the High Court in accordance with the Constitution and the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969;
To avoid doubt, any appeal against a decision of the General Division of the High Court is to be made to the Court of Appeal (and not to the Appellate Division of the High Court).