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Section 24, The Appeals from Magistrates' Courts Ordinance

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The appellant, at the time of making such applicationand before the case shall be stated and delivered to him by the Magistrate, shall in every instance enter into a recognisance before the Magistrate, with or without surety or sureties, and in such sum as to the Magistrate shall seem meet, conditioned to prosecute without delay such appeal, and to submit to the judgment of the Appeal Court, and to pay such costs as may be awarded by the same; and before he shall be entitled to have the case delivered to him he shall pay to the Magistrate's Clerk the fees prescribed in the Schedule. The appellant in a criminal case, if then in custody shall be liberated upon the recognisance being further conditioned for his appearance before the Magistrate, or, ifthat is impracticable, before two Justices of the Peace, within seven days after the judgment of the Appeal Court shall have been given, to abide such judgment unless the determination appealed against be reversed: Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to an application for a case stated made by or under the direction of the Attorney General.

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