Rules of the Court of Appeal for Bermuda Amendment Rules 2006
RULES OF THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR BERMUDA
AMENDMENT RULES 2006
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BR 81/ 2006
COURT OF APPEAL ACT 1964
1964 : 221
RULES OF THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR BERMUDA
AMENDMENT RULES 2006
The President of the Court of Appeal, in exercise of the powers
conferred by section 9(1) of the Court of Appeal Act 1964, makes the
following Rules:
Citation
1 These Rules may be cited as the Rules of the Court of Appeal for
Bermuda Amendment Rules 2006.
Interpretation
2 In these Rules the "principal Rules" means the Rules of the
Court of Appeal for Bermuda.
Amends Order 3/ 10
3 Rule 10 of Order 3 of the principal Rules is amended—
(a) by revoking, in paragraph (1), subparagraphs (c), (d), (e)
and (f) and substituting the following subparagraphs
next after subparagraph (b)—
“(c) a transcript of the arraignment and the plea
entered to the indictment;
(d) a transcript of the Judge’s summing-up to the
jury, however recorded;
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(e) a transcript of the proceedings on and after
verdict, including the proceedings on sentence;
and
(f) all rulings of the court below.”.
(b) by inserting at the end of subparagraph (g) the words
“and, on a guilty plea, the prosecution’s summary of the
facts”.
(c) by inserting into subparagraph (h) after the word
“notice” where it first appears, the words “and grounds”.
(d) by inserting the following paragraph next after
paragraph (2) —
“(3) No part of the evidence or proceedings other
than those identified in subparagraphs (c) to (h) of
paragraph (1) shall be transcribed without an order of
the Court or a single judge; save in the case of a murder
appeal, a full transcript of the proceedings shall be
provided.”.
Amends Order 3/ 11
4 Rule 11 of Order 3 of the principal Rules is amended by revoking
paragraph (1)(d), and substituting the following sub paragraph—
“(d) a transcript of the proceedings in the Supreme Court;”.
Commencement
5 These Rules shall come into operation on 1st December 2006.
Made this 10th day of November, 2006
President
Court of Appeal
