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…No.23 of 1991 (unreported), in altering the finding in an appeal against conviction and substituting therefor a conviction for an offence other than that charged, the High Court in its appellate jurisdiction can only act…

…It would appear to us therefore that the first appellate court in the appeal before us had no jurisdiction to substitute the appellants' conviction in the first and second counts referred to earlier in this judgment from…

…Section 382 of the Criminal Procedure Code states: “Subject to the provisions herein before contained, no finding, sentence or order passed by a court of competent jurisdiction shall be reversed on appeal or revision on account…

…reminder to magistrates that it is the primary duty of a magistrate to satisfy himself that the section of the Penal Code, and I should add to that any other law, under which an accused is charged is correct before assuming jurisdiction…