Provided that in any appeal at the instance of the Attorney
General, the Supreme Court shall have no power to reverse
any acquittal at a court of first instance or reverse a
judgment allowing an appeal against conviction of a
criminal offence.
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(1)
B: THE COURT OF APPEAL
There shall be a Court of Appeal of The Gambia which
shall consist of(a) the President of the Court of Appeal ;
(b) not less than three justices of the Court of Appeal; and
(c) such judge of the High Court as the Chief Justice may,
by writing under his or her hand, select to sit in the
Court of Appeal for the determination of a particular
cause or matter:
Provided that no judge shall be selected under this
paragraph unless he or she is qualified to be appointed a
judge of the Court of Appeal.
(2)
The Court of Appeal shall be constituted by three judges of
the Court:
Provided that a single judge of the Court may exercise the powers
of the Court in any interlocutory matter, subject to an appeal from
his or her decision to a bench of three judges of the Court;
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(3)
The President of the Court of Appeal shall preside at
sittings of the Court in his or her absence, the most senior
of the other judges of the Court shall preside.
(4)
The President of the Court of Appeal may, in consultation
with the Chief justice, establish such divisions of the Court
of Appeal as he or she thinks fit to sit at such places in The
Gambia as he or she may determine.
(1)
The Court of Appeal shall have jurisdiction to hear and
determine appeals from judgments, decrees and orders of
the High Court, and such other appellate jurisdiction as
may be conferred on it by an Act of the National Assembly.
(2)
The Court of Appeal shall have jurisdiction in appeals from
Court martial in the manner provided by law.
(3)
An appeal shall lie as of right to the court of appeal from
any judgment, decree or order of the high court.