The Law of Criminal Procedure - Page 489

468 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES

APPEALS

C IVIL P ROCEDURE C ODE C RIMINAL P ROCEDURE C ODE

Section 96 Section 404

(1) Save where otherwise expressly provided in the body of this Code or by any other law for the time being in force, an appeal shall lie from every decree passed by any Court exercising original jurisdiction to the Court authorized to hear appeals from the decisions of such Court.

(2) An appeal may lie from an original decree passed ex parte.

Section 100

(1) Save where otherwise expressly provided in the body of this Code or by any other law for the time being in force, an appeal shall lie to the High Court from every decree passed in appeal by any Court subordinate to a High Court, on any of the following grounds, namely :

(a) the decision being contrary to law or to some usage having the force of law ;

(b) the decision having failed to determine some

No appeal shall lie from any judgment or order of a Criminal Court except as provided for by this Code or by any other law for the time being in force.

Section 407

(1) Any person convicted on a trial held by any Magistrate of the second or third class, or any person sentenced under section

349 or in respect of whom an order has been made or a sentence has been passed under section 380 by a Sub- divisional Magistrate of the second class, may appeal to the District Magistrate.

(2) The District Magistrate may direct that any appeal under this section, or any class of such appeals, shall be heard by any Magistrate of the first subordinate to him and empowered by the Provincial Government to hear such appeals, and thereupon such appeal or class of appeals may be presented to such subordinate Magistrate, or if already presented to the