Section 14A:
Appeals.
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[14A. Appeals.--(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure,1973
(2 of 1974), an appeal shall lie, from any judgment, sentence or order, not being an interlocutory order, of
a Special Court or an Exclusive Special Court, to the High Court both on facts and on law.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (3) of section 378 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), an appeal shall lie to the High Court against an order of the Special Court or
the Exclusive Special Court granting or refusing bail.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, every appeal
under this section shall be preferred within a period of ninety days from the date of the judgment,
sentence or order appealed from:
Provided that the High Court may entertain an appeal after the expiry of the said period of ninety days
if it is satisfied that the appellant had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within the period of
ninety days:
Provided further that no appeal shall be entertained after the expiry of the period of one hundred and
eighty days.
(4) Every appeal preferred under sub-section (1) shall, as far as possible, be disposed of within a
period of three months from the date of admission of the appeal.]br
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act1 of 2016, s. 9 (w.e.f. 26-1-2016)