s 396 Application to state case directly to Court of Appeal
396.—(1) Any party to the proceedings may, instead of applying to state a case on any question of law arising at a trial before a State Court for the opinion of the General Division of the High Court under section 395, apply to state a case directly to the Court of Appeal.[5/2014; 40/2019] (2) An application under subsection (1) may only be made with the permission of the Court of Appeal.[Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022] (3) When an application is made under subsection (1), the Court of Appeal may make such orders as it sees fit for the arrest, custody or release on bail of any accused. (4) Section 395(2), (3), (6) to (12) and (14) applies to the case stated under this section, except that any reference to the relevant court in those provisions is a reference to the Court of Appeal.