'Appeal against decision of acquittal or conviction or against sentence - national proceedings' in document 'Kenya - Criminal Procedure Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART XI – APPEALS

APPEALS FROM SUBORDINATE COURTS

Appeals

347. Appeal to High Court

(1) Save as is in this Part provided—

(a) a person convicted on a trial held by a subordinate court of the first or second class may appeal to the High Court ; and
(b) Repealed by Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 93.

(2) An appeal to the High Court may be on a matter of fact as well as on a matter of law.

PART XI – APPEALS

APPEALS FROM THE HIGH COURT

379. Appeals from High Court to Court of Appeal

(1) A person convicted on a trial held by the High Court and sentenced to death, or to imprisonment for a term exceeding twelve months, or to a fine exceeding two thousand shillings, may appeal to the Court of Appeal—

(a) against the conviction, on grounds of law or of fact, or of mixed law and fact ;
(b) with the leave of the Court of Appeal, against the sentence, unless the sentence is one fixed by law.