Section 21, The Appeals from Magistrates' Courts Ordinance

(1) After the entering of a petition of appeal by anyperson entitled to appeal, and pending the hearing of the same, the Appeal Court may, for reasons to be recorded by it in writing, order that the execution of a judgment, decision, order or sentence, appealed against be suspended, and also in the case of a criminal appeal, ifthe appellant be in confinement, that he be released on bail on his own recognisance or on such other terms as to the Appeal Court shall seem meet. (2) If an appellant be ultimately sentenced to imprisonment the time during which he is so released shall be excluded in computing the period for which he is so sentenced.