(c) (d) Appellate jurisdiction 128 Constitution or any other law upon the National Assembly or any other person or authority; on any question as to whether or not any person was validly elected to the office of President or was validly elected to, or vacated his or her seat in, the National Assembly; or on any question whether any official document should be produced, or its contents disclosed, in proceedings before a court where such production is resisted on the grounds that its production or the disclosure of its contents would be prejudicial to the security of the state or be injurious to the public interest. (2) where any question referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) or (d) of subsection (1) arises in any proceedings in any other court, that court shall stay its proceedings and refer the matter to the Supreme Court for its determination, and such other court shall give effect to any decision of the Supreme Court in the matter. (3) The proceedings in the Supreme Court on any question referred to in paragraph (d) of subsection (1) shall be held in camera. (1) An appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court as of right (a) (b) (c) (2) from any judgment of the Court of Appeal on an appeal in any civil or criminal cause or matter from a judgment of the High Court in the exercise of its original jurisdiction; from any judgment of the Court of Appeal dismissing an appeal from a sentence of death imposed by any other court; or in such other case as may be prescribed by an Act of the national Assembly. An appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court with the leave of the Court of Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Appeal in any cause or matter commenced in a court other than the High Court where the Court of Appeal is satisfied that the case involves a substantial question of law or it is in the public interest that the cause or matter should be heard by the Supreme Court.

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