section 486
Appeals from convictions in contempt cases
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1989Criminal1989605 of 612 sections available
Chapter XXXV PROCEEDINGS IN CASE OF CERTAIN OFFENCES AFFECTING THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Statutory text
Appeals from convictions in contempt cases.-(1) Any person sentenced by any Court under section 480 or section 485 or section 485-A may, notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, appeal to the Court to which decrees or orders made in such Courts are ordinarily appealable.
- (2) The provisions of Chapter XXXI shall, so far as they are applicable, apply to appeals under this section, and the Appellate Court may alter or reverse the finding, or reduce or reverse the sentence appealed against.
- (3) An appeal from such conviction by a Court of small Causes shall lie to the Court of Session for the sessions division within which such Court is situate.
- (4) An appeal from such conviction by any officer as Registrar or Sub-Registrar appointed as aforesaid may, when such officer is also Judge of a Civil Court, be made to the Court to which it would, under the preceding portion of this section, be made if such conviction were a decree by such officer in his capacity as such Judge, and in other cases may be made to the District Judge.
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