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(ƒ) of any error or informality which, in the opinion of the Court, did not affect the substance of the case or subject the convicted person to any undue prejudice.
The Full Court shall not award costs to either side in an Appeal under this part of the Order save in an Appeal under Article 8.
13. The power of the Judge of the Supreme Court, under Article 119 of the Principal Order, to make rules of Court shall extend to rules for the purpose of re- gulating the manner of presenting Appeals, as to the papers which are to be sent to the Full Court, and the transmission of the same, ani generally as to the conduct of Appeals and all matters connected therewith.
14. Article 52 of the Principal Order shall apply to all proceedings before the Full Court under this Order.
15. When notice has been given of any Appeal or application for leave to appeal, the Judge of the Supreme Court shall, save where the trial took place before himself, have power, for reasons to be recorded in the minutes, to order that it shall be heard and determined or dealt with, in the manner provided in this Order by himself alonə instead of by the Full Court.
16. Where a person is convicted of any offence before any Court, if the Julge of such Court thinks fit to reserve for the consideration of the Full Court any ques- tion of law arising at the trial, he shall state a case, setting out the facts and the grounds of the conviction, and the question of law, and send or deliver it to the Re- gistrar of the Supreme Court.
The jurisdiction of the Full Court under this Article shall be exercised subject to the provisions of this Order.
17. There shall be no Appeal in a criminal case to His Majesty the King in Council from a decision of the Full Court or from a decision of the Judge alon under Article 15, except by special leave of His Majesty in Council.
18. Reports to the Minister under Article 64 of the Principal Order of sentences of death shall not be sent until the expiration of the time allowed for an Appeal, or for applying for leave to appeal, against the conviction, or, if there is an Appeal, until the determination of the Appeal.
APPEALS TO HIS MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
19. Subject to the provisions of this Order, an Appeal shall lie to His Majesty in Council-
(1) As of right, from any final judgment of the Supreme Court made in a civil action, where the matter in dispute on the Appeal amounts to or is of the value of £500 or upwards, or where the Appeal involves, directly or indirectly, some claim or question to or respecting property or some civil right amounting to or of the value of £500 or upwards; and
(2) At the discretion of the Supreme Court, from any other judgment of the Supreme Court, whether final or interlocutory, if, in the opinion of the Supreme Court, the question involved in the Appeal is one which, by reason of its great general or public importance or otherwise, ought to be submitted to His Majesty in Council for decision.
20. Applications to the Supreme Court for leave to appeal shall be made by motion within fifteen days from the date of the judgment to be appealed from, and, unless the application is made in Court at the time when such judgment is given, the applicant shall give the opposite party notice of his intended application.
21. Leave to appeal under Article 13 shall only be granted by the Supreme Court in the first instance-
(a) Upon condition of the appellant, within two months from the date of
the hearing of the application for leave to appeal, giving security, to the satisfaction of the Court, to an amount not exceeding £500, for the
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