'Appeal against other decisions - national proceedings' in document 'Trinidad and Tobago - Constitution'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER 7
THE JUDICATURE

PART I
THE SUPREME COURT

108. Appeals on Constitutional questions and fundamental rights, etc

108. An appeal to the Court of Appeal shall be as of right from decisions of the High Court in the following, among other cases, that is to say:

(a) any order or decision in any civil or criminal proceedings on questions as to the interpretation of this Constitution;

(b) any order or decision given in exercise of the jurisdiction conferred on the High Court by section 14 (which relates to redress for contravention of the provisions for the protection of fundamental rights);

(c) any order or decision given in the determination of any of the questions for the determination of which a right of access to the High Court is guaranteed by sections 4(a) and 5(1);

(d) any order or decision of the High Court granting or refusing leave to institute proceedings for the determination of any question referred to it under section 52 or determining any such question (which
relates to the appointment, qualification, election or membership of a Senator or a member of the House of Representatives, as the case may be);

(e) any order or decision of a Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction to punish for contempt of Court, including criminal contempt.