section 9
Aftersection 14 ofthe principal Act, the followingsection shall be inserte_d, namely:-
The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015General201514 sections
Statutory text
" 14A. (/) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure,1973,an appeal shall lie, from anyjudgmenl, sentence ororder, not being an 2 of 1974. interlocutory order, of a Special Court or an Exclusive Special Cou11, to thc 11 ighCourt both on facts and on law.
- (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (J) ofsection 378 of the Code ofCriminal Procedure, 1973, an appeal shall lie to the HighCourt against anorder 2 or I'174 ofthe Special Court or the Exclusive Special Court granting or refusing bail.
- (J) Notwithstanding anything contained in any ot~r law for the time being in force, every appeal under this section shall be preferred within a period ofninety days from the date ofrhe judgment, sentence or order appealed from: Provided that the HighCourt may entertain an appeal aflcr the expiry ofthe said period of ninety days if it is satisfied that thc arpellant had sufficient cause for not preferring the <1ppeal within the period ofninety days: Provided further that no appealshall be entt:rtained after the expiryofthc period of one hundred and eighty days.
- (4) Every appeal preferred under sub-sectio ; (/) shall, as far as possible, be disposed ofwirhin a period ofthree months from the cate of admission ofthe appeal.".
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