Section 33, Local Courts Act, 1963

(1) On an appeal any Appeal Court may— (a) confirm the judgment, order or sentence of the Court below; (b) substitute for the judgment, order or sentence of the Court below any judgment, order or sentence which might lawfully have been made at first instance; (c) remit the case to the original Court or any other Court of similar jurisdiction for rehearing; (d) make any such order as to costs of the proceedings both in the Appeal Court and in the Courts below as may be just; (e) exercise any power which might lawfully have been exercised by the Courts below; (f) make any such supplementary or consequential orders as the justice of the case may require. (2) Notwithstanding that the Appeal Court is of the opinion that a point raised on appeal might be decided in favour of the appellant no process or proceedings of a Local Court shall be set aside or declared void by reason of any defect in procedure or want of form or any other reason of a purely technical nature: Provided that the Appeal Court is satisfied that no substantial miscarriage of justice has occurred. (3) Where any time is fixed by this Act or any Rule made hereunder for the bringing of any appeal or the doing of any act or thing an Appeal Court may, if the justice of the case shall so require, extend any such period of time on such terms as it shall think fit. A 156 No. 20 Local Courts 1963 PART VI—CONTROL BY JUDICIAL ADVISER [Margin: Judicial Advisers.]