Chuck tables Bills to give prosecution right to appeal some

Chuck tables Bills to give prosecution right to appeal some judgements


Delroy Chuck
Justice Minister, Delroy Chuck, on Wednesday tabled two Bills aimed at giving the prosecution a right of appeal against certain judgements of the court.  
The Bills are The Judicature (Appellate Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Act, 2021 and The Judicature (Parish Courts) (Amendment Act), 2021.
 Under the present law, the prosecution has no right of appeal against a verdict of acquittal in criminal proceedings, or against the imposition an inappropriately lenient sentence.
A decision has been taken to enact legislation to grant to the prosecution a right of appeal against:
1.           A verdict of acquittal in criminal proceedings where there has been an administration of justice offence or where a decision of a trial judge is erroneous on a point of law or a point of mixed law and facts; and

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