Tuvalu

Criminal Procedure Code

PART IX - APPEALS FROM MAGISTRATES’ COURTS AND CASES STATED


271 Limitation of appeal on plea of guilty and in petty cases

(1) No appeal shall be allowed in the case of an accused person who has pleaded guilty and has been convicted of such plea by a magistrate’s court, except as to the extent or legality of the sentence.

(2) Save with the leave of the High Court, no appeal shall be allowed in a case in which a magistrate’s court has passed a sentence of a fine not exceeding $10 only, notwithstanding that a sentence of imprisonment has been passed by such court in default of the payment of such fine, if no substantive sentence of imprisonment has also been passed.

(3) No conviction or sentence, which would not otherwise

Keywords

National proceedings on admission of guilt
Appeal against decision of acquittal or conviction or against sentence - national proceedings



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