SUPREME COURT (CRIMINAL PROCEDURE) RULES 2017 - REG 3A.16 Reference of appeal to judicial registrar

SUPREME COURT (CRIMINAL PROCEDURE) RULES 2017 - REG 3A.16

    (1)     Notwithstanding Rule 1.16, if an appeal to which this Order applies appears to a Judge of the Court to be proper for the determination of a judicial registrar, the Judge of the Court, by order, may refer the appeal to a judicial registrar.

    (2)     If a Judge of the Court refers an appeal to a judicial registrar, the judicial registrar may—

        (a)     hear and determine the appeal, subject to any directions in the order referring the appeal; or

        (b)     refer the appeal back to the Judge of the Court.

    (3)     In hearing and determining an appeal referred by a Judge of the Court to a judicial registrar—

        (a)     the judicial registrar constitutes the Trial Division of the Court for that purpose; and

        (b)     subject to any directions in the order referring the appeal, all the powers of the Trial Division of the Court in relation to the hearing and determination of such an appeal are delegated to the judicial registrar.

Rule 3A.17 inserted by S.R. No. 32/2018 rule 35.