Appeal against orders of Special Court

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code, an appeal shall lie from any judgment and sentence of a Special Court to the High Court. (2) Except as aforesaid, no appeal or revision shall lie in any court from any judgment, sentence or order of a Special Court. (3) Every appeal under this section shall be preferred within a period of thirty days from the date of judgment and sentence of a Special Court : Provided that the High Court may entertain an appeal after the expiry of the said period of thirty days if it is satisfied for reasons to be recorded in writing that the appellant had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within the said period. (1) Save as expressly provided in this Act, the provisions of the Code and of the Act shall, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, apply to the proceedings before a Special Court and for the purpose of the said provisions, the person conducting a prosecution before a Special Court shall be deemed to be a Public Prosecutor. (2) A Special Court may pass, upon conviction of any person by it, any sentence authorized by law for the punishment of the offence of which such person is convicted. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code, an appeal shall lie from any judgment and sentence of a Special Court to the High Court. (4) Except as aforesaid, no appeal or revision shall lie in any court from any judgment, sentence or order of a Special Court. (5) Every appeal under this section shall be preferred within a period of thirty days from the date of judgment and sentence of a Special Court : Provided that the High Court may entertain an appeal after the expiry of the said period of thirty days if it is satisfied for reasons to be recorded in writing that the appellant had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within the said period.