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Code Of Criminal Procedure Act (No. 15 of 1979) - Sect 332

Determination of appeals in cases where trial was without a jury

335.
(1) In an appeal from a verdict of a Judge of the High Court at a trial without a jury the Court of Appeal may if it considers that there is no sufficient ground for interfering dismiss the appeal.
(2) In an appeal from a conviction by a Judge of the High Court at a trial without a jury the Court of Appeal may : -
(a) reverse the verdict and sentence and acquit or discharge the accused or order him to be re-tried ; or
(b) alter the verdict maintaining the sentence or without altering the verdict increase or reduce the amount of the sentence or the nature thereof or substitute a conviction for a different offence of which the accused person could have been found guilty on the indictment and pass such sentence as may be warranted by law in substitution for the sentence passed.

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