(c)
(d)
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Constitution or any other law upon the
National Assembly or any other person or
authority;
on any question as to whether or not any
person was validly elected to the office of
President or was validly elected to, or
vacated his or her seat in, the National
Assembly; or
on any question whether any official
document should be produced, or its
contents disclosed, in proceedings before a
court where such production is resisted on
the grounds that its production or the
disclosure of its contents would be
prejudicial to the security of the state or be
injurious to the public interest.
(2)
where any question referred to in paragraphs (a), (b)
or (d) of subsection (1) arises in any proceedings in
any other court, that court shall stay its proceedings
and refer the matter to the Supreme Court for its
determination, and such other court shall give effect
to any decision of the Supreme Court in the matter.
(3)
The proceedings in the Supreme Court on any
question referred to in paragraph (d) of subsection
(1) shall be held in camera.
(1)
An appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court as of right
(a)
(b)
(c)
(2)
from any judgment of the Court of Appeal
on an appeal in any civil or criminal cause
or matter from a judgment of the High Court
in the exercise of its original jurisdiction;
from any judgment of the Court of Appeal
dismissing an appeal from a sentence of
death imposed by any other court; or
in such other case as may be prescribed by
an Act of the national Assembly.
An appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court with the
leave of the Court of Appeal from a judgment of the
Court of Appeal in any cause or matter commenced
in a court other than the High Court where the Court
of Appeal is satisfied that the case involves a
substantial question of law or it is in the public
interest that the cause or matter should be heard by
the Supreme Court.