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ORDER IN COUNCIL
Punishments.
49-57. The powers of the Courts with respect to punishments are limited as in the Order in Council for China, Sections 59-67, but the British Minister in Siam is not given the power to mitigate or remit a penalty. This can only be done by the Secretary of State.
Inquests.
58. The provisions under this heading are the same as in the Order in Council for China and Corea, Section 68, except that it is not provided that the expression "Court" includes the Registrar.
Statutory and other Offences.
59-68. The provisions under this heading are identical with those in the Order in Council for China and Corea, Sections 69-79," Siam
"Siam" being substituted for **China and Corea "
Deportation.
69.—The provisions under this head are the same as in the Order in Council for China and Corea, Section 83.
Appeal and Reserved Case.
70.----Where a person is convicted before the Court for Siam, or before a District
Court-
(a.) If he considers the conviction erroneous in law, then, on his application, within the prescribed time (unless it appears merely frivolous, when it may be refused); or
(b.) If the District Court or the Court for Siam thinks fit to reserve for consideration of the Full Court any question of law arising on the trial; the Court shall state a case, setting out the facts and the grounds of the conviction, and the question of law, and send it to the Registrar of the Court for Siam.
71.-Where a case is stated under the last preceding Article, the Court before whom the trial was had shall, as it thinks fit, either postpone judgment on the con- viction, or respite execution of the judgment, and either commit the person convicted to prison, or take security for him to appear and receive judgment, or to deliver himself for execution of the judgment (as the case may require), at an appointed time and place.
72.-(1.) The Full Court, sitting without a jury or assessors, shall hear and finally determine the matter, and thereupon shall reverse, affirm, or amend the judg- ment given, or set it aside and order an entry to be made in the Minutes that, in the judgment of that Court, the person ought not to have been convicted, or order judgment to be given at a subsequent sitting of the Court before whom the trial was had, or make such other order as the Full Court thinks just, and shall also give all necessary and proper consequential directions.
(2.) The judgment of the Full Court shall be delivered in open Court, after the public hearing of any argument offered on behalf of the prosecutor or of the person convicted.
(3.) Before delivering judgment, the Full Court may, if necessary, cause the case to be amended by the Court before whom the trial was had.
(4.) The Full Court shall not annul a conviction or sentence, or vary a sentence, on the ground-
(a.) Of any objection which, if stated during the trial, might, in the opinion
of the Court, have been properly met by amendment at the trial; or (b.) Of any error in the summoning of assessors; or
(c.) of any person having served as assessor who was not qualified; or (d.) Of any objection to any person as assessor which might have been raised
before or at the trial; or
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