Regulation 8

If the appellant is a prisoner, the appellant is treated as having complied with the requirements in regulations 4(1) and (2) and 5(1) and (2) if the appellant gives to the officer in charge of the prison, either orally or in writing, a notice of appeal and the particulars to be included in the petition of appeal within the times mentioned in those provisions.

The officer in charge of the prison must immediately forward such notice and petition, or the main substance of what the appellant intends to be included in such notice and petition, to the Registrar of the Supreme Court or the Registrar of the State Courts, as the case may be.