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Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Appeal
…Notwithstanding the provisions 4 of the said Code, I am of the view that a court which has no power to impose a minim sentence required by the penal provisions cannot have jurisdiction to try and determine the offence under…
…The conviction by Court without jurisdiction is a nullity and so is sentence. Both are quashed. The appellant be taken forthwith before a court of competent jurisdiction for a fresh trial.…
Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Case
…It follows therefore that a person aggrieved by the Attorney General’s termination of criminal proceedings may invoke the High Court’s judicial review jurisdiction.…
…By the fact alone of this quasi-judicial review character, it follows that an aggrieved person, by the Attorney General’s termination of criminal proceeding, may invoke the High Court’s Judicial Review jurisdiction.…
Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Appeal
…It has been said many times by this Court that we have no inherent jurisdiction, and that we can only hear an appeal if the right thereof is conferred by statute.…
…As section 361 is specifically stated not to apply to a decision such as the one appealed from in this case, it follows that we have no jurisdiction to entertain these appeals.…
Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Case
…The court lacked jurisdiction because judgment had been delivered, the court was functus officio and could not entertain the application especially that the application was for review and the respondent had preferred an appeal…
…The court has carefully considered the application and finds that the court has jurisdiction, despite the applicant’s preferred appeal, to rectify the mistake or incidental error in the judgment as established by the applicant…
Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Appeal
…The issue of identification raised by the appellant took away his appeal from the provisions of section 352(2) and the learned Judge had no jurisdiction to summarily dismiss the appeal under that section.…
Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Appeal
…The issue of identification raised by the appellant took away his appeal from the provisions of section 352(2) and the learned Judge had no jurisdiction to summarily dismiss the appeal under that section.…