A person aggrieved by a decision of the District Court in Criminal matters can appeal to the High Court as per section 359(1) of the Criminal Procedure Act. Note: the procedure in appealing to the High Court is governed by section 361 of the Criminal Procedure Act.
The procedure is; the appellant must give notice of intention to appeal within 10 days from the date of the findings, sentence or order. And in case of a sentence of a corporal punishment only, a notice of intention to appeal must be given within 3 days from the date of such sentence; see section 361(a) of Criminal Procedure Act. And the appellant must lodge his petition of appeal within forty (45) days from the date of the findings, sentence or order.
Note: Also that the appeal by DPP against acquitted, finding, sentence or order passed by subordinate court are governed by section 378 of the Criminal Procedure Act, thus;
a). DPP must give notice of his intention to appeal with 30 days of the acquittal, finding, sentence or order against which he wishes to appeal; and
b). he must lodge his petition of appeal within 45 days from the date of such acquittal, finding, sentence or order.
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