Provided that in any appeal at the instance of the Attorney General, the Supreme Court shall have no power to reverse any acquittal at a court of first instance or reverse a judgment allowing an appeal against conviction of a criminal offence. Composition of 129 Court of Appeal (1) B: THE COURT OF APPEAL There shall be a Court of Appeal of The Gambia which shall consist of(a) the President of the Court of Appeal ; (b) not less than three justices of the Court of Appeal; and (c) such judge of the High Court as the Chief Justice may, by writing under his or her hand, select to sit in the Court of Appeal for the determination of a particular cause or matter: Provided that no judge shall be selected under this paragraph unless he or she is qualified to be appointed a judge of the Court of Appeal. (2) The Court of Appeal shall be constituted by three judges of the Court: Provided that a single judge of the Court may exercise the powers of the Court in any interlocutory matter, subject to an appeal from his or her decision to a bench of three judges of the Court; Jurisdiction of 130 Of Court of Appeal (3) The President of the Court of Appeal shall preside at sittings of the Court in his or her absence, the most senior of the other judges of the Court shall preside. (4) The President of the Court of Appeal may, in consultation with the Chief justice, establish such divisions of the Court of Appeal as he or she thinks fit to sit at such places in The Gambia as he or she may determine. (1) The Court of Appeal shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals from judgments, decrees and orders of the High Court, and such other appellate jurisdiction as may be conferred on it by an Act of the National Assembly. (2) The Court of Appeal shall have jurisdiction in appeals from Court martial in the manner provided by law. (3) An appeal shall lie as of right to the court of appeal from any judgment, decree or order of the high court.

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